Tim Peake CMG
Tim Peake is a former Apache pilot, flight instructor, test pilot and current European Space Agency astronaut. A veteran of 18 years military service, Tim has flown over 3,000 hours on operations worldwide.
In December 2015, Tim became the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station and conduct a spacewalk during his six month mission. He also ran the London marathon from space.
Tim’s mission engaged more than two million students in outreach activities. He is an ambassador for STEM Education, The Prince’s Trust and the Scout Association. He is a best-selling author, with proceeds from his books donated to The Prince’s Trust.
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If you’d got this under the tree back in the day you knew it was a top Christmas. Or were you a ZX Spectrum kid? Mine was a ZX81 with a whopping 16kb RAM pack. Happy days 🙂. #FlashbackFriday #homecomputer #bestchristmasever
Nothing quite beats nature’s fireworks - wherever you’re celebrating the new year, wishing you a happy, healthy 2022. #auroraborealis #newyear #freshstarts #viewfromabove
Huge relief - #Webb is successfully on its way to a new home, 1.5 million km away, to look back in time & unlock secrets of the early universe. Congratulations to all the people involved. Merry #Christmas everyone!
😮 LIFTOFF of @esa_webb and @ariane5 #VA256 on 25 December 2021, at 12:20 GMT/13:20 CET, an awesome #Christmas present to the international @NASAWebb, @csa_asc and @esa teams and to space science!!! #WebbFliesAriane
Going far tomorrow? Spare a thought for the #JWST which will be travelling 1.5million Km to begin it’s orbit around L2. Check out the great video by @smartereveryday for an insight into this massive engineering challenge https://youtu.be/4P8fKd0IVOs @esa @NASAWebb #STEM
Just been taken #BackToTheFuture with 1.21 gigawatts of supercharged fun. Thank you to the amazing cast & crew for a superb performance. It’s shows like this that remind us how important our entertainment industry is. Time-travellingly brilliant! @BTTFmusical
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