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European astronaut Tim Peake returning to Earth

Published on June 18, 2016 By SpaceKate

As Britain gets ready to welcome astronaut Tim Peake home from space, I can’t help be distracted by the heartbreaking news about MP Jo Cox, and frankly terrifying new EUref campaign poster from UKIP. Mine is a blog about space, not about politics, but this is important to me – vitally important. Jo Cox’s life and actions, […]

Tim Peake – the politics and the possibilities

Published on June 7, 2013 By SpaceKate

It was just a few months ago that I wrote about Maj Timothy Peake after he spoke at the British Interplanetary Society. I had asked him at the time whether there had been any push-back from his colleagues at ESA on the basis that the UK hadn’t ever funded human spaceflight at the point he […]

Tim Peake Speaks! (At the British Interplanetary Society)

Published on February 26, 2013 By SpaceKate

It was a wet February evening as I set out to hear British astronaut Maj Timothy Peake address a packed house at the British Interplanetary Society (BIS). Introduced as the first truly British non-commercial astronaut, a subtle smile creeps onto his face when it is mentioned that the UK government is paying for him though […]