Tim Peake , thefirst British astronautto fly as part of the European Space Agency ( ESA ) , is going back to infinite again .
The revelation was made today at the Science Museum in London , where the space vehicle that took Peake to and from the International Space Station ( ISS ) from December 2015 toJune 2016was being put on display . This is the first fly ballistic capsule in the UK ’s home space engineering science collection .
“ Tim Peake will undertake a 2nd space missionary station as a British European Space Agency astronaut , ” a UK Governmentstatementsaid , although it observe that ESA had not yet decide when Tim would pilot . It ’s likely to be between 2019 and 2024 , with ESA ’s involvement in the ISS run up to 2024 at the here and now .
As part of the collaboration , ESA transmit one or two astronauts per class to the ISS . Their most late cosmonaut is Thomas Pesquet from France , who is presently on the ISS after set up on November 17 , 2016 .
This will be Peake ’s second trip to the ISS , likely to last six months again , and it will make him the first Brit to take part in two long - duration space missions . Several Brits with dual nationality have taken part in multiple shorter missions before aboard the Space Shuttle .
On his first trip-up , as part of Expeditions 46 and 47 , Peake was involve in more than 250 experiment aboard the station . He also famously pass theLondon Marathon in spaceon a tread-wheel ( the 2d person to run a endurance contest in space afterSunita Williams in 2007 ) , and also perform a spacewalk – the first Brit to do so .
It was also announce that the UK would be committing 1.4 billion euros to ESA over the next four years , which will go some way to relieve fears it would be pushed out in the backwash of the UK ’s vote to depart the European Union . ESA is disjoined from the EU , which is why the UK can still take part in the 22 - Carry Amelia Moore Nation space agency .
Visitors to the Science Museum will also be process to a new virtual world experience from March 24 , 2017 . call Space Descent VR , viewers will receive what it ’s like to return to Earth inside a Soyuz capsule over eight minute in a fiery descent , where speeds exceed 800 kilometer per hr ( 500 Roman mile per 60 minutes ) and temperatures reach 1,500 ° C ( 2,700 ° degree Fahrenheit ) .
