Tim Peake

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Peake in 2013

Timothy Nigel Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British astronaut and former Army Air Corps officer. He is the first British astronaut for the European Space Agency (ESA). He is a former crew member of the International Space Station (ISS). He is also the second astronaut to bear the flag of the United Kingdom. He is the seventh British-born astronaut in space. He served in the British Army from 1992 to 2009. He was made a Major in 2004.

Peake was born in Chichester, West Sussex. He is a degree holder of the University of Portsmouth. He is married to Rebecca. The couple have two sons.

Tim Peake Media

• NEEMO 16 aquanaut Tim Peake.jpg

  Peake on the NEEMO 16 mission

• ISS-46 Timothy Peake prepares to install a sensor inside the Columbus module.jpg

  Peake working in the Columbus module

• Peake celebrating 100 days in space with Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra

• ISS-46 EVA-1 (c) Timothy Peake.jpg

  Peake pictured during his first career EVA

• Expedition 47 Soyuz TMA-19M Landing (NHQ201606180004).jpg

  Peake being carried to a medical tent shortly after the landing of Soyuz TMA-19M

• Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png

  British order of Saint Michael and George's ribbon - UK

• General Service Medal 1962 BAR.svg

  General Service Medal 1962 BAR

• NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar.svg

  NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar

Other websites

• Tim Peake Archived 2016-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at the European Space Agency website