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The Space Age...
Scott Kelly
Our✸readers✸may✸remember✸the✸astronaut✸twins✸
from✸FUSE✸in✸Summer✸2015?✸Scott✸blasted✸off✸✸
to✸the✸International✸Space✸Station✸in✸March✸for✸
a✸record-breaking✸year,✸while✸his✸brother✸Mark✸
stayed✸in✸America.✸
Expedition 45 Commander✸Scott✸Kelly✸
successfully✸carried✸out✸his✸first✸ever✸spacewalk✸
on✸October✸28th✸2015✸–✸and✸even✸found✸time✸
to✸take✸a✸selfie!✸For✸over✸7✸hours✸he✸'walked'✸
outside✸the✸space✸station✸carrying✸out✸upgrades,✸
such✸as✸installing✸a✸thermal✸cover✸on✸their✸
state-of-the-art✸particle✸physics✸detector,✸the✸
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.✸Joined✸by✸Flight✸
Engineer✸Kjell✸Lindgren,✸they✸also✸began✸cable✸
work✸for✸a✸future✸docking✸port✸for✸the✸Boeing✸
Starliner✸CST-100✸and✸SpaceX✸Crew✸Dragon✸
“Space✸Taxis”.✸
Tim Peake from Britain
Photo: ESA
Tim Peake
British-born✸Timothy✸Peake✸is✸a✸European✸Space✸
Agency✸(ESA)✸astronaut.✸Aft✸er✸extensive✸training✸
for✸the✸Principia✸mission,✸December✸2015✸marks✸
him✸becoming✸the✸first✸British✸ESA✸astronaut✸
to✸visit✸the✸International✸Space✸Station!✸This✸is✸
a✸fantastic✸achievement.✸We✸look✸forward✸to✸
reading✸how✸Tim✸gets✸on✸sharing✸'space'✸with✸
Scott✸Kelly.✸✸
Tim✸is✸involved✸in✸developing✸the✸UK’s✸
microgravity✸research✸programme✸(with✸the✸UK✸
Space✸Agency).✸As✸Ambassador✸for✸UK✸Science✸
and✸Space-Based✸Careers,✸he✸works✸with✸
schools✸and✸students✸to✸encourage✸Engineering✸
studies.✸
Spacewalk Selfie!
Photo: NASA
The International Space Station
travels around the Earth at a
speed of around 5 miles a second!
For a brilliant interactive ISS tour,
see Cool Weblinks.
Worldwide, singer-songwriter Sting has sold
100 million albums - but in October 2015 he
happily admitted he was “jealous” of astronaut
Tim Peake! Sting is an active environmental
campaigner and sent his fellow Brit a twitter
message and short YouTube clip wishing Tim
luck on his forthcoming “fabulous adventure”!
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