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| Astronaut Tim Peake calls wrong number from space station | Astronaut Tim Peake calls wrong number from space station |
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| UK astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted a light-hearted apology after dialling a wrong number from space and saying to a woman on the other end of the line: "Hello, is this planet Earth?" | UK astronaut Tim Peake has tweeted a light-hearted apology after dialling a wrong number from space and saying to a woman on the other end of the line: "Hello, is this planet Earth?" |
| Mr Peake said on Twitter it was not intended to be a "prank call". | Mr Peake said on Twitter it was not intended to be a "prank call". |
| The astronaut, a father-of-two from Chichester, West Sussex, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 15 December. | The astronaut, a father-of-two from Chichester, West Sussex, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 15 December. |
| He is spending six months conducting scientific experiments on the station. | He is spending six months conducting scientific experiments on the station. |
| Earlier in the week, Mr Peake helped two fellow crew members to conduct a space walk outside the ISS. | |
| Astronauts Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly, from the US space agency Nasa, went outside the ISS to fix a broken component. | Astronauts Tim Kopra and Scott Kelly, from the US space agency Nasa, went outside the ISS to fix a broken component. |
| Mr Peake, who is a former major in the Army, is the first Briton to join the crew of the ISS and is employed by the European Space Agency. | Mr Peake, who is a former major in the Army, is the first Briton to join the crew of the ISS and is employed by the European Space Agency. |
| Helen Sharman became the first British citizen to travel to space when she visited the Soviet Mir orbiting station in 1991. | Helen Sharman became the first British citizen to travel to space when she visited the Soviet Mir orbiting station in 1991. |
| Other Britons who have flown into space have done so either as private individuals or by taking US citizenship. | Other Britons who have flown into space have done so either as private individuals or by taking US citizenship. |
| Earlier this month Mr Peake, 43, was waved off by his wife and two sons, Thomas, six, and Oliver, four, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. | Earlier this month Mr Peake, 43, was waved off by his wife and two sons, Thomas, six, and Oliver, four, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |