'A proud moment' for astronaut Tim Peake – but spacewalk ends early
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#10TBS)
Friday's main task was completed successfully, but water in Tim Kopra's helmet meant the astronauts were ordered back into the ISS, leaving work undone
The moment was hardly lost on him. As Tim Peake clambered out of the International Space Station he nodded to the union flag emblazoned on his shoulder. To wear the patch was, he said, "a huge privilege, and a proud moment".
Britain's first European Space Agency astronaut began his maiden spacewalk shortly before 1pm on Friday as the orbiting station soared 250 miles above Australia. By the time he returned inside, he had circled the planet at least three times and witnessed six stunning sunsets or sunrises.
