The ISS space laboratory has been orbiting the Earth at roughly 28,000 kilometres an hour since 1998.
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Britain’s star astronaut Tim Peake has started his mission on the International Space Station (ISS) after a flawless rocket launch watched by his family.
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The ex-helicopter pilot will become the first British astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as a European Space Agency member.
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“There’s a wonderful opportunity to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers”, Peake said during a press conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan before his launch.
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Member of the International Space Station expedition 46/47, British ESA astronaut Timothy Peake gestures to his children during a sending-off ceremony at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December 2015, before travelling on board the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
Peake, 43, is a former army major and is the first Briton to go into space since Helen Sharman travelled on a Soviet spacecraft for eight days in 1991.
Major Peake – dubbed Major Tim – will fly to the ISS with fellow astronauts Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko.
They blasted off in the Russian Soyuz TMA-19 capsule shortly after 11.00 GMT in Kazakhstan as they embarked on the six-hour journey through space, PA reported.
Previous “Brits in space” have either had USA or dual citizenship and worked for the American space agency NASA, or were on privately funded or sponsored trips.
The additional crew will be conducting scientific experiments and research for six months.
His wife, Rebecca, and two sons Thomas, six and Oliver, four, will be watching as Major Tim and his two crew companions are lifted into the sky by a Soyuz FG rocket packed with 300 tonnes of fuel.
Major Peake could be identified by the Union Flag on his sleeve.
In the end the docking went smoothly and the Soyuz was firmly attached to the space station.
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Its UK Twitter feed said: “Wishing @astro_timpeake an wonderful ride on £Principia today”. This is the second mission to the space station for Kopra, and the first space mission for Peake.
