Tim Peake, Britain’s first ESA astronaut, set for liftoff from Kazakhstan
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#XPRQ)
Principia mission to International Space Station opens UK to serious involvement in human spaceflight
Three minutes after the International Space Station soars over Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the engines on the Soyuz rocket held fast on the launchpad below will roar into life and send British astronaut Major Tim Peake on his way.
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