Tim’s first news conference back on Earth
The first news conference with ESA astronaut Tim Peake on return to Earth after spending 186 days in space on the International Space Station on his Principia mission.
The media event was held at ESA’s astronaut centre in Cologne, Germany, 21 July just three days after landing on Earth. The European Astronaut Centre is the home base of all ESA astronauts
Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Saturday, 18 June in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft.
The landing brings Tim Peake’s Principia mission to an end but the research continues. Tim is the eighth ESA astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space. He is the third after Alexander Gerst and Andreas Mogensen to fly directly to the European Astronaut Centre for medical checks and for researchers to collect more data on how Tim’s body and mind have adapted to living in space.
More about the Principia mission:
http://www.esa.int/principia
Follow Tim on social media:
http://timpeake.esa.int
Follow Thomas on social media:
http://thomaspesquet.esa.int
Great interviews, but I kind of miss the Kazakhstan reception committee way with a little cheese sprinkle on top!
Hmm… I don't really like the Principia mission patch, but the presentation was very interesting!
Great! Many thanks for this cast!
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Great work, nice mission… awesome!
How could anyone dislike this. Welcome home Tim. What a living legend we now have in the UK
You are amazing
Being a fellow brit some how Tim has made me feel a hole lot closer to space,thanks Tim #legend
Thanks for sharing!
Aw I love Tim, he has been fantastic! Everything completed with a smile on his face and he has done us proud! He has completely inspired me during his mission as I used to be quite scared thinking about space and now I'm fascinated!
dear Peaks distance b/n ISS nand Earth is around 400ml not km
Is it just me, or was that voting question inappropriate, awkward, and cringey? Good on Tim with his answer…very polite yet direct.
On re-watching this press conference, perhaps school kids and general public will be granted such an opportunity. Firstly ESA and ISS have once again found a fine spokesperson following in a long line of people wearing the ESA patch to educate us about and guide us through what is the next frontier. How eloquently he answered all the questions.