No-one—not the Commonwealth, not even the United States of America or their former Soviet and Chinese rivals—had sent astronauts into orbit aboard a nuclear spaceship. Huw’s crew now held three records: they were the first astronauts from the New American Commonwealth, the first to launch to orbit on a nuclear vessel, and the largest crewed spacecraft in any known time line. And, arguably, a fourth: the noisiest, messiest, most gut-liquefyingly terrifying launch ever.
