Malenchenko was particularly up to the task: He is a veteran of six space missions, both to the International Space Station and Russia’s Mir space station, and he has commanded the Soyuz during launch multiple times.
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Former army aviator and helicopter test pilot Maj Peake comes from Chichester in England while his wife is from Comrie in Perthshire.
Aboard are Russian Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Kopra of NASA and Briton Timothy Peake, representing the European Space Agency.
After someone tweeted astronaut Tim Peake that he must be “gutted” to be leaving Earth a few days before Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiere, the British astronaut replied with a revelation that sparked a hint of jealousy in Star Wars fans and space enthusiasts worldwide.
During more than five months on humanity’s only microgravity laboratory, the Expedition 46 crew members will conduct over 250 science investigation in fields including biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development, the USA space agency said in a statement.
Members of Major Peake’s family gathered in a local cinema to watch live relayed pictures of the Soyuz capsule approaching the space station.
The spacecraft was launched at 1103 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked with the ISS exactly 6 1/2 hours later, NASA said on its Web page.
Peake has committed to running the full distance of the London marathon from space, completing 26.2 miles on a treadmill as the ISS orbits the Earth.
The otherwise smooth journey ended with a slight delay at just after noon Eastern time as Russian commander Yuri Malenchenko aborted the automatic docking procedure and manually guided the spacecraft toward the station.
There’s no word yet on when NASA will beam The Force Awakens up to the station – but it’s a fairly safe bet you don’t have to worry about space-bound spoilers any time soon.
Asked if he could foresee more British astronauts, he said: “Very simply, there is no British astronaut, but only European astronauts of British nationality”.
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Like other astronauts aboard the orbiting space station, he will be expected to undertake fix work and general maintenance when necessary.
