The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared Major Peake’s message from space, wishing everybody “back down on handsome planet Earth” a very merry Christmas.
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He called from the International Space Station about 400 kilometers from the surface of earth and said, ‘Hello, Is This Planet Earth?’.
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One Dad found a slight flaw in the tongue-in-cheek gimmick, in a tweet to astronaut Tim Peake, one of six crew members now aboard the station.
British astronaut Tim Peake apologised to a woman after dialling the wrong number from the International Space Station with a Christmas greeting. On the day itself he will have been in space for 10 days.
The former Army major is the first Brit to join the crew of the ISS.
He tweeted from there earlier today to let everyone know when the might be able to spot the ISS in the sky – 17:18 this evening and 16:25 tomorrow.
Just a mistake that could happen to anyone 250 miles from Earth. From southern England, it was due to appear in the west at about 4.24pm and remain visible for around six minutes.
He is sharing the space station with five other astronauts from Russian Federation and the United States.
Robin Scagell of the Society for Popular Astronomy said the station would be flying relatively low when it passes over London and would be “the brightest star in the sky, moving rapidly from west to east”. Seen from southwest England, it will have a higher elevation of about 30 degrees.
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Even if you miss out on seeing the ISS, you can still look out for the full moon on Christmas Day.
