Tim Peake’s twitter photo @astro_timpeake
British astronaut Tim Peake returns to Earth tomorrow after six months onboard the International Space Station.
He has been tweeting about his experience several times a day since his arrival in space, sharing videos and photos of Earth from above. You can follow him at @astro_timpeake.
The Space Station passed through magnificent aurora Australis last night https://t.co/7lZvTKVyOu pic.twitter.com/unstbZRwPi
— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) June 13, 2016
He has been interacting with Twitter users throughout his time in space, including a feature he named ‘#spacerocks’ where users pick songs with lyrics applicable to being in space. You can also read Tim Peake’s Principia blog, which goes further than 140 characters.
Tim has been participating in various studies for space travel, one of which has earned him a letter from The Duchess of Cornwall, tweeted to Tim from Clarence House.
Hello, @astro_timpeake! We have a second special delivery for you, from The Duchess of Cornwall… pic.twitter.com/hEKwWCwugu
— Clarence House (@ClarenceHouse) June 16, 2016
Tim Peake’s space mission in numbers
- Almost 3,000 tweets since December
- 783,000 followers on Twitter, more than the International Space Station itself
- 186 days on the Principa mission
- 2:00 Saturday morning is when coverage on his return will be live
- 24 years since the last British astronaut was in space
- 2,500 degrees outside of the craft as it returns to Earth
- 3.5 hours it took Tim to run the same distance as the London marathon runners in April on a treadmill in the International Space Station!
If you need a bit of musical background while you explore Tim Peake’s adventures here’s a bit of Elton John to help you out: