British astronaut Major Tim Peake enjoyed a bacon sarnie and a cup of tea on the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth’s surface, orbiting at 17,150 miles per hour (5 miles per second). Major Peake posted on Facebook that he had the bacon sarnie as he waited for his first meal at the International Space Station (ISS). He wrote, “Boy that was delicious.” British astronaut Tim Kopra said that he loved every moment of the first three days spent in orbit aboard the Soyuz TMA M satellite. It is clear that rockets are a great way to get your appetite going! (Image: facebook.com/ESATimPeake) The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft docked with ISS at 17: 33 GMT. After checking the link between the 400-tonne station and the Soyuz (7-tonne) was tight, the astronauts opened it twenty-five minutes later. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov (Russia) and Mikhail Korniyenko welcomed them aboard ISS. This marked Major Peake’s six month Principia mission. It also marks the end of six years worth of training that he received in 2009.. Tim Peake’s mission “Principia” is focused on education. This mission’s focus is education. According to the European Space Agency, it hopes that students and their children will be inspired and involved with training programs and computer programming. Peake is also available for lessons. Major Peake, a third European astronaut who will be living on the ISS in 2018, is stated by the European Space Agency. Danish astronaut and engineer Dr. Andreas Mogensen completed a busy 10-day trip in September. Samantha Cristoforetti (Italian Air Force pilot, engineer, astronaut) ended her historic 199-day missions in June. Major Peake took his first space photo. (Image: twitter.com/astro_timpeake) Major Peake’s mission – Principia – was named after Sir Isaac Newton’s text outlining the laws of motion and gravity. His experiments will include tests on metals and the growth of blood vessels cells in microgravity, protein crystals and simulating atomic structure. He also has to chart areas within his brain that respond to stress. Major Peake will spend the first few days settling into his new environment and work in weightlessness. Major Peake, along with colleagues, will begin their 40-hour weeks conducting experiments and maintaining ISS. Crew portrait of Expedition 46 with Commander Scott Kelly, Sergey Volkov and Timothy Peake. NASA Flickr. Credit to Robert Markowitz. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko, two of their co-satellite spacemen have spent more than 300 day (since March) aboard ISS as part of their massive stay to study how the human body adjusts to long missions. Principia says that 300 Cadets met at the Science Museum to graduate to becoming ‘Agents’ for Unlimited Space Agency on the morning of Tim’s launch. The accomplishment was due to completing 6 Missions in The Astro Science Challenge. Cadets also learned about various Space Science topics including astronomy, code, and healthy living. Special awards and certificates were presented for outstanding work. Cadets also got to meet Jon Spooner ‘Director of Human Space Flight’, Alice Kuiper ‘Head of Cadet Training’ who feature on the online website that the project is delivered on.” “It was also revealed that Mini Jon (the protagonist in the project’s story) had also successfully launched to space, becoming the first Astronaut from the Unlimited Space Agency to do so.” So far, close to 10,000 children and students have been engaged with the project and been inspired by Major Peake’s mission. Amazing work Cadets & Agents from UNSA Cadets & Agents commemorate Tim Peak’s trip to the International Space Station in the Astro Science Challenge’s first phase.
Tim Peake enjoys bacon sarnie and cup of tea in space
