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 ...

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 ...

Esa currently has seven active fliers on its books: Luca Parmitano and Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer (Germany), Andreas Mogensen (Denmark) and Timothy Peake (UK).