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november 02, 2015 - European Space Agency

ESA - Opportunity to talk to astronaut Tim Peake before he sets off for space

Call for Media: Opportunity to talk to astronaut #timpeake before he sets off for space On 6 November, ESA's first British astronaut, #timpeake, will be paying his last visit to the UK before his launch to the International Space Station. He will take part in a news conference at the Science Museum London to discuss his upcoming mission. Together with Jo Johnson, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, Thomas Reiter, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations, and David Parker, CEO of the UK Space Agency, Tim will talk with journalists about his training, and the science and education objectives of his mission. While in space, Tim will perform more than 30 experiments for ESA and its Member States and take part in numerous others from ESA's international partners. Tim's mission is ESA's eighth long-duration mission to the Space Station. It will start aboard a Soyuz spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December. Together with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Tim will embark on a six-month stay in space. The mission is named Principia, after Isaac Newton's ground-breaking Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which describes the principal laws of motion and gravity. ESA and the UK Space Agency are together developing many exciting educational activities aimed at sparking the interest of young children in science and space, including Rocket Science, AstroPi, Zero Robotics, Mission-X Train like an Astronaut, and amateur radio contact in space. Programme (all times in GMT) Friday, 6 November 2015 Science Museum Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD 08:45-09:30 Registration 09:40-10:10 Speakers: - David Parker, CEO, UK Space Agency - Jo Johnson, UK Minister for Universities and Science - Thomas Reiter, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations/ESA Astronaut - #timpeake, ESA Astronaut 10:10-10:35 Q&A 10:45-12:10 Interview opportunities for broadcast media Accreditation To register for the media conference, please email: Julia Short, UK Space Agency Julia.short@ukspaceagency.bis.gsi.gov.uk Tel: +44 (0)1793 418 069 Mob: +44 (0)7770 276 721- Lorraine Conroy, European Space Agency Lorraine.Conroy@esa.int Tel: +31 715 653 408 Mob: +31 631 694 580 Education programme The UK Space Agency is investing more than £1.5 million in education and outreach projects that harness the inspirational power of Tim's mission. The wide array of projects, in partnership with ESA, will allow him to share his mission with the children of the UK, bringing the excitement of space to classrooms and venues across the country and encouraging interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematical subjects. From space experiments to family shows, a wide variety of exciting projects and activities can be found on the UK Space Agency's Principia website www.principia.org.uk as well as on the ESA Kids site at http://www.esa.int/kids Launch day Tim will be launched in a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 11:02 GMT on 15 December 2015. Soyuz separation is expected at 11:13 GMT, Space Station docking at 16:58 GMT and hatch opening at 18:33 GMT. In the UK, the UK Space Agency is coordinating four major launch events in each of the nation's capitals and smaller events across the country, with ESA participation. More details will be provided at the press conference.

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