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Born in Chichester and commissioned into the Army Air Corps in , Tim was awarded his “wings” in He flew on military operations in the Former....
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Tim Peake
British Army Air Corps officer and astronaut (born 1972)
MajorTimothyNigel PeakeCMG (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a flag of the United Kingdom patch (following Helen Sharman),[4] the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station, and the seventh UK-born person in space.[5] He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010.[6]
Early life
Peake was born in Chichester, Sussex, on April 7, 1972.
He grew up in Westbourne, West Sussex.[3] He studied at the Chichester High School for Boys, leaving in 1990 to attend the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[7]
Career
Military and aeronautical
Upon graduation from Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Peake received a short