ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko were launched into space 15 Decemeber 12:03 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The launch marks the start of Tim Peake’s six-month Principia mission on the International Space Station running over 30 scientific experiments for ESA.
Follow Tim Peake via
timpeake.esa.int and follow the whole mission on ESA’s Principia blog
blogs.esa.int/tim-peake.
Credit: ESA-Stephane Corvaja
