Soyuz TMA-19M docks with ISS

That’s right – the International Space Station will screen the highly anticipated movie, according to a tweet from British astronaut Tim Peake. His first scientific endeavor is already underway: During his transit from Earth to ISS in the Soyuz rocket, Peake was expected to complete a survey on any head aches he experienced.

Some of the netizens jokingly replied to the thread, saying “If a man dressed in black with asthma comes up to you, he is not your father”, while others warned him to “Stay away from the Death Star!”

Malenchenko, Kopra and Peake are set to return to Earth on June 5 next year.

Michael Foale, a holder of both British and American citizenships, first went into space in 1992 and even commanded the ISS in 2003, but flew all his missions as an astronaut of NASA which does not admit non-American citizens.

(CNN) – Astronaut Tim Peake is the first British European Space Agency astronaut to arrive at the International Space Station.

Peake, 43, joins Russian space veteran Yury Malenchenko and Tim Kopra of NASA for a six-month mission on the ISS.

It was due to take the crew eight minutes and 48 seconds to reach orbit following take-off from Baikonur ahead of the six-hour trip to the ISS where they will spend the next five and a half months.

Earlier fellow European astronaut Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, said Major Peake’s life will be “busy” but “amazing”.

“There’s a wonderful opportunity to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers”, Peake said during a press conference at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan before his launch.

Prior to docking, they have to catch up with the space station, which travels at 17,500mph at an average altitude of 220 miles.

At 12:33 p.m. ET, the rocket was docked to the station, where ISS astronauts awaited their colleagues.

Image copyright PA Image caption Tim Peake’s wife Rebecca (centre) and their son Thomas were among those who watched the launch in Kazakhstan. He will be conducting experiments and execute educational activities to encourage more young people to be interested in science.

The current occupants of the space station welcomed them to their new home: Russians Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov, and American Scott Kelly.