Astronaut call wrong phone number – Times

Ed. Print TIM PEAKE said: “Hello, ¿EARTH

British astronaut Tim Peake, spend six months in space. – AFP

Anyone can call a phone number wrong, but it happens from space. British astronaut Tim Peake sent in his Twitter an apology to a woman who called in error from space, according to London media.

Peake, which began on 15 December trip to the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M, called by mistake a woman, whom he greeted with the following sentence:. “Hello, Is that Planet Earth”

In a tweet, astronaut, born in Chichester (in the English county of West Wussex), and father of two children of 4 and 6 years, explained that his intention with that call, was not “a joke”.

“I would like to apologize to the woman whom I called in error, saying ‘Hello, is that the planet Earth?’. It was not a joke, only the number wrong, “said British apology in his message.

The 43 military expiloto not tell who it was. It is the first British astronaut reaches space station and millions of his countrymen continue their mission with great interest.

Peake also tweeted Christmas greetings. Peake is the first Briton joins the crew of the International Space Station, used by the European Space Agency. The nation seemed to be paralyzed on December 15, the day of launch: many left their jobs to follow the live images of the rocket leaving Earth

A British astronomer said they could see the station. space to cross the sky on Christmas Day. Robin Scagell, of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said the station would go on London relatively close to the horizon and would be “the brightest star in the sky, moving rapidly from west to east.”

The astronaut will spend six months in space, conducting scientific experiments from the ISS. Peake plans to investigate the reaction of the human body in space and -dándole a British hue, space exploration to test a new way of making tea in weightlessness.

Located in the space station five American and Russian astronauts.

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