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.
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Official NASA portrait photograph, taken in August 2013 | |
| Born | Timothy Nigel Peake 7 April 1972 Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Portsmouth (BSc) |
| Occupation(s) | Test pilot and astronaut |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| Space career | |
| ESA astronaut | |
Previous occupation | British Army officer |
| Rank | Major |
Time in space | 185 days 22 hours 11 minutes |
| Selection | 2009 ESA Group |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 4 hours, 43 minutes |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47) |
Mission insignia | |
| Website | www |
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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