EARTH - 19 February 2010 - The British ESA astronaut Tim Peake before his launch to the International Space Station (pictured file image from 2010) on

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EARTH - 19 February 2010 - The British ESA astronaut Tim Peake before his launch to the International Space Station (pictured file image from 2010) on 15 Dec 2015. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the ISS and will be launched together with commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. The trio will then spend six months working and living on the International Space Station -- Picture by Atlas Photo Archive/NASA

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Location: International Space Station, Earth
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
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