Maths whizz Carol Vorderman has passed on her intelligence to her daughter, Dr Katie King, who won an award with her innovative space company.
The 32-year-old scientist who works with very small particles got ready to go to space last year and is now working on advancements in cancer medicine in space.
As unbelievable as it may sound, Katie's company Bio Orbit plans to build a drug factory in space within the next 10 years.
Now, the celebrity from the TV show Countdown has shared that her daughter won the Innovator of the Year award for all her amazing work.
Carol shared pictures of the award ceremony on social media and wrote: ‘Proud mum moment ❤️My daughter, nanotech scientist, Dr Katie King Ph.D founded a space company Bio Orbit last yr, part sponsored by European Space Agency.
‘She has just won INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD at @everywomanUK.’
Explaining a little about the advanced science, the 63-year-old personality said: ‘By taking certain cancer drugs to space, the perfect crystallisation of proteins in microgravity will allow patients to inject under the skin instead of going into hospital for chemo.
‘First process trial… in space…coming soon.’
Clearly proud of Katie, Carol then joked: ‘I’ll be going to that rocket launch for sure!!!’
The two are very close, with the TV legend going to Spain with her daughter to support her astronaut training.
She shared a clip of Katie arriving at Astroland in Cantabria, which is an aerospace start-up acting as a research organisation looking into future living capabilities on the red planet.
Katie kept followers updated with pictures of her in a space suit and eating her last meal ‘on earth’ before heading into the zero-gravity simulation.
The scientist is Carol’s oldest child from her marriage with ex-husband Patrick King and they also share son Cameron, 27.
Over the years, the TV personality has advocated for more support in schools for kids with special educational needs as Cameron has extreme dyslexia.
She previously told The Netmums Podcast: ‘If a child has special educational needs, like my son did, he was off the scale dyslexic, he was in special school for about five years in the end.
‘Sadly, there is not much support for them. Budgets have been cut in local authorities. Some people are waiting for years for that educational psychiatrist test. It’s not a good place at all at the moment.
‘I can only see it getting worse right now. They end up being the forgotten ones sadly.’
