British astronaut Tim Peake revealed to Sky TV’s FYI children’s news program that he hopes to take all British astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
“Perhaps as early as next year, we will bring four astronauts back [to the ISS] Doing a lot of scientific work and a lot of educational outreach,” he said.
The 52-year-old became the first Briton to complete a spacewalk outside the International Space Station in 2016 and is one of only two astronauts sent from the UK to space to date.
“We hope to announce the full team this June,” he told FYI.
Asked if he would participate in the mission, Major Peake responded: “Well, I very much hope so.”
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The UK Space Agency signed a deal with Axiom Space in October that could lead to the UK’s first all-UK space mission.
British astronaut Tim Peake gives a thumbs up before the Soyuz TMA-19M launch in 2015.Data map: Associated Press
The mission will see British astronauts spend two weeks in orbit conducting research, and UK universities have been asked to share ideas for experiments that could be carried out in space during this period.
This will be a commercially sponsored trip, with support from the European Space Agency.
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Axiom, an American company involved in the mission, is also trying to build the first commercial space station.
The company said the new space station will “advance Earth’s progress and enable continued existence beyond Earth.”
However, Major Peake seems content to live on Earth.
“If you lived on Mars, you would have to spend all your time in a pressurized habitat, protected from the Martian atmosphere, Martian storms, temperature and radiation,” he said.
“We will be able to [live on other planets] At some point in the future, but I still think Earth will be the planet we want to live on. “
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