Today Tim Peake, left planet earth on the Soyuz rocket and became the first British astronaut for the European Space Administration.
I couldn't help but feel for his family who watched the launch, especially with a number of recent disasters in space travel as of late. Still, it all went smoothly and the Soyuz successfully docked with the ISS.
Congratulations to Tim and all the other members of the Principa Mission who made it happen.
GoooOOO Science!
