Commander Tim Peake spent six years training for the mission to the ISS. He beat 8,000 other applicants who responded to an internet advert from the European Space Agency entitled, ‘Do you want ...

Barney has a chat with Tim Peake FROM SPACE!!! Check out their convo in this awesome clip. Barney meets British astronaut Tim Peake before he blasts off to the International Space Station.

Astronaut Tim Peake will be reading Goodnight Spaceman on Monday 30th May at 6.50pm. The episode will also have an exclusive BBC iPlayer premiere from Tuesday 24th May. British astronaut and dad ...