A NAILSEA man who worked on a Mars probe will speak at Aerospace Bristol's Journey to Mars exhibition next week.

Terry Ransome was involved in the Beagle2 lander - a probe that was 'lost' on Mars at Christmas 2003, but 'found' 11 years later.

He will speak at Aerospace Bristol's Journey to Mars exhibition, which will feature models of Beagle2 and the Mars Express Orbiter, plus Luke Jerram's Mars artwork.

Visitors will also have the chance to marvel at the last Concorde to ever take to the sky.

The artwork will be on display from Thursday, May 4 until Friday, June 5.

Mr Ransome said: "Whenever Mars appears in the sky, I tell the grandchildren I put something up there. This is the message; you can do it.

"It's not all done by NASA and the Russians - these spacecrafts are built by North Somerset people.

North Somerset Times: Terry in front of Mars.Terry in front of Mars. (Image: Peter Gibbs)

"I'm giving two talks in the lecture theatre that day: one in the morning, and one in the afternoon." These talks which take place on June 2.

Terry has worked in the aerospace industry for over 30 years.

He graduated in 1970 and went onto work in Filton, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Australia and even Kazakhstan.

When he returned to the West Country in 2015, Terry started volunteering with the Bristol Aero Collection/Aerospace Bristol Museum.

He worked in the workshops having been asked to assemble the parts they had for a Skylark Sounding Rocket, which is now on display.

Now retired and living in Nailsea to be close to his sons and grandchildren, he shares his knowledge and experience, encouraging young people to also take an interest in the field.

For those that attend the exhibition, one of the main attractions is the Luke Jarram's Mars.

Featuring a detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface, the sculpture has an approximate scale of 1:1 million, with each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture representing 10 kilometres of the surface of Mars.

Attendees will be able to view Mars from the air, giving them the satellite view that most people have never had before.

Entry to the Journey to Mars exhibition is included with museum admission during the dates the exhibition is being run. Tickets to Aerospace Bristol are valid for free return visits for 12 months after they are first used.