The first Briton to stay at the International Space Station took off Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, along with an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut on a mission of nearly six months arousing great interest in Britain.
The Soyuz TMA-19M lifted off from Baikonur in the Kazakh steppes at 11:03 GMT, taking Tim Kopra American, Russian Yuri Malenchenko captain, which is the sixth space flight, and Timothy Peake, a former helicopter test pilot who became 43 years the first Briton to stay on the ISS.
“Everything is going as planned. The takeoff went well”, told AFP a spokesman for the Russian control center, contacted by phone.
At 11:11 GMT, the spacecraft is normally detached from the third stage of the launcher, kicking off an orbital flight of more than six hours to the ISS.
The Epic of Timothy Peake, first British astronaut for over 20 years and first of them to stay in the ISS, has sparked a craze in Britain.
“It was great to see Tim Peake take off for the International Space Station,” said said, enthusiastic, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Twitter, the official account of Queen Elizabeth II for his part sharing a tweet from the UK Space Agency, complete keyword #GoodLuckTim.
In London 2000 school children waving small British flags gathered at the Science Museum to watch the takeoff, broadcast on giant screen.
“If only one or two of them here decided to become an engineer, scientist or test pilot after this mission , then it will be worth it, “said the TV presenter Brian Cox, present at the Science Museum. A comprehensive
interest while the British government wants to make the space industry a representative $ 40 billion industry for the economy by 2030 and that London wants to increase its market share in the space sector by 7% to 10%.
A Chichester, the small town of Sussex (south) which is native Tim Peake The emotion was also the rendezvous.
“This is the dream of every physics teacher to have a future astronaut facing you (…) Many children come here because the Astronaut Tim Peake came here, “said Chichester Observer at the former teacher of the hero, Mike Gouldstone.
– Six-hour flight –
Soyuz docking with the ISS is scheduled for 5:23 p.m. GMT, but several operations will be needed until the opening of the hatch connecting the Soyuz TMA-19M to the station, programmed 7:25 p.m. GMT.
Astronauts will then greet the three current inhabitants of the ISS, American Scott Kelly and Russian veterans Sergei Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko.
Timothy Peake, who seemed rather relaxed before takeoff, had said on Monday “rush to enjoy the fantastic views of the Earth” during a press conference, saying that he would even have forgotten Christmas away from home.
“I heard a Christmas pudding was sent into orbit, so we also treats us, “added” Major Tim “in a laugh. In the final moments before takeoff, several famous rock songs, including” Do not Stop Me Now “by Queen or “The Final Countdown” by Europe, were diffused through the speakers of the Soyuz rocket.
Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra, the two traveling companions Timothy Peake, for their part already spent 641 and 58 days in space.
Soyuz spacecraft will remain docked with the ISS 173 days, before bringing the three astronauts to Earth on June 5, 2016.
Friday, a Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts and Japanese returned to Earth, scoring a rare night landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Russia supplies to the ISS’s main module, where are the rocket engines and the Russian Soyuz ships are the only means of route and repatriate crew of the space station since the cessation of US space shuttles.
Sixteen countries participate in the ISS outpost and space laboratory into orbit in 1998 that claimed a total of 100 billion dollars, funded for the most part by Russia and the United States
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