This morning,Tim Peake is due to blast off in the Soyuz rocket, bound for the International Space Station. Here’s what you need to know approximately his missionMajor Tim Peake is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut who is part of a three person crew blasting off for the International Space Station (ISS) at 11.03 GMT on Tuesday 15 December. Peake was born in Chichester in 1972. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corp, or then an instructor flying Apache helicopters. After leaving the Army,he became a test pilot and then in 2009, he beat 8000 other applicants to be selected as an astronaut with ESA. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com