A man in a space suit watches a television with school children at the Science Museum ahead of the launch of space mission Principia from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. European Space Agency Astronaut Tim Peake is a former British Army Air Corps Officer and is the first publicly funded Briton in Space. He should arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) at 6.30pm GMT and will spend the next six months maintaining the ISS and conducting experiments. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)
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