Tim Peake retires from European astronaut corps
BBC Science CorrespondentHe's going to take up a full-time ambassadorial position for science and space instead - work he's been doing since 2019.
"By assuming the role of an ambassador for human spaceflight, I shall continue to support Esa and the UK Space Agency, with a focus on educational outreach, and I look forward to the many exciting opportunities ahead." Tim Peake's selection into the Esa astronaut corps in 2009 was a surprise because the UK was not participating in the agency's human spaceflight programme at the time. But this policy changed as a consequence and now Britain plays its part, helping to fund the programme and send experiments to the International Space Station.
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