Tim Peake, 53, is set to command the first ever all-British space flight to the International Space Station (ISS) 18 months after announcing his retirement.
Tim Peake is set to command the first ever all-British space flight to the International Space Station 18 months after announcing his retirement.
Peake announced last October that he would be returning to space among a four-person team in a two-week research mission to the satellite. The 52-year-old was last on the ISS in 2016 and was a European Space Agency astronaut from 2009 until last year The 52-year-old became the first Briton to complete a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in 2016.Read More Tim Peake hopes a Brit could be on the moon within the next 10 years and says a mission to Mars is 'absolutely achievable' Michael Lopez-Alegria, Axiom Space's chief astronaut, said: 'His vision and guidance will be invaluable as we work to make this all-UK mission a reality.
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