Tim Peake has declared that he’ll be running a marathon in space when aboard the International Space Station. The British astronaut will be taking off to space on December 15th. He will be the first to run the same distance Londoners will be running at the London Marathon.
Tim Peake Will Be the First Astronaut to Run 26.2 Miles in Space
At 10 AM GMT on April 24th, Tim Peake will be running on a treadmill at the ISS, watching HD video of the course as he runs. This will be an extremely difficult task, since he’ll be suspended in microgravity. He’ll have to strap himself down to the treadmill and wear a harness to keep him in place and keep him safe. Peake has confessed that the harness is very uncomfortable if worn for over 40 minutes, but he’s willing to take the challenge.
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The astronaut will be running for 3.5 to 4 hours at a speed that is likely faster than anyone running on Earth. Peake will prove to bring many firsts to the United Kingdom, being the first British man to head into space, the first British man to set foot on the International Space Station and the first to run a marathon there.
Preparations for Marathon in Space Start December 15th, 2015
Peake is set to be taking off aboard a European Space Agency vessel from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on December 15th. The ambitious man is already making a mark within his country and within the space community, and hopefully he will be the host of many more firsts while aboard the International Space Station. Tim Peake was formerly a major at the British Army and served in the British Air Corps as an Air Corps officer. His mission, titled Expedition 46, allows him to join Scott Kelly Sergey Volkov, Mikhail Korniyenko, Kjiell Lindgren, Oleg Konomenko, Kimiya Yui and Sergei Volkov.
