MAJOR PEAKE: JOURNEY TO SPACE
2008: Applied to the European Space Agency. Start of rigorous, year-long screening process
2009:
Selected to join the European Space Agency Astronaut Corps and
appointed an ambassador for UK science and space-based careers
2010: Completed 14 months of astronaut basic training
2011: Peake and five other astronauts joined a team living in caves in Sardinia for a week.
2012: Spent 12 days living in a permanent underwater base in Florida
2013: Assigned a six-month mission to the International Space Station
2015: Will embark on the Principia mission, a long-duration flight to the ISS
TIMELINE TO TOUCHDOWN: MAJOR TIM PEAKE'S JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Pre launch sequence
10:56:10:07 Pre-launch operations complete
10:57:10:06 Launch countdown operations to auto; vehicle ready
10:58:10:05 Commander's controls activated
10:59:10:04 Combustion chamber nitrogen purge
10:00:10:03 Propellant drainback
11:00:14:02:56 Space Station flies over Baikonur
11:00:25:02:45 Booster propellant tank pressurisation
11:01:40:01:30 Ground propellant feed terminated
11:02:10:01:00 Vehicle to internal power
11:02:35 :00:35 First umbilical tower separates
Auto sequence start
11:02:40:00:30 Ground umbilical to third stage disconnected
11:02:55:00:15 Second umbilical tower separates
11:02:58:00:12 Launch command issued
Engine start sequence begins
11:03:10 :00:10 Engine turbopumps at flight speed
11:03:05:00:05 Engines at maximum thrust
11:03:10:00:00 LAUNCH OF SOYUZ TMA-19M
11:11:55 +8:45 Third stage shutdown and orbital insertion
Leak check and launch pad
11:13 Soyuz spacecraft separates and is flying free
15:15 Rendezvous with International Space Station begins
17:00 ESA TV docking coverage begins
17:24 Docking
17:37 Docking hooks close
17:40 Pressure-check for leaks
18:45 ESA TV hatch opening coverage begins
19:25 Hatches open for greetings and safety briefing
19:10 Press conference and talk with family
*All times are in GMT
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