Tim Peake

Major Timothy "Tim" Nigel Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British author, Army Air Corps officer and European Space Agency astronaut.

Tim Peake

Official NASA portrait photograph, taken in August 2013
Born
Timothy Nigel Peake

(1972-04-07) 7 April 1972
Chichester, Sussex, England
StatusRetired
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Portsmouth (BSc)
Occupation(s)Test pilot and astronaut
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Space career
ESA astronaut
Previous occupation
British Army officer
RankMajor
Time in space
185 days 22 hours 11 minutes
Selection2009 ESA Group
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
4 hours, 43 minutes
MissionsSoyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47)
Mission insignia
Websitewww.timpeake.com principia.org.uk

He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a flag of the United Kingdom patch (following Helen Sharman), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station, and the seventh UK-born person in space. He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010.

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