12/11/2015 Newsround

Hello, I'm Hayley and I'm live for you in Moscow, Russia.

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this -- Newsround. Hello, I'm Hayley and I'm live

for you in Moscow, Russia. That's about 2000 miles away

from where you are now. The reason I'm here is to meet

the first British astronaut to rocket to the International Space

Station, Major Tim Peake, before he goes on a mission that no

other Brit has ever done before. But before we get to that,

here's more about Tim Just 33 days to go before

Major Tim Peake sets off to space, The International Space Station,

or ISS, circling earth It's the largest man-made structure

in space, measuring roughly You can sometimes even see it

from Earth. For 15 years it's been

an important place to monitor our planet, carry out tests and research

and help with future space missions The crew, who are from lots

of different countries, have even And now we'll have our very

own British person on board. But living in space takes a lot

of preparation. Back here on Earth,

Tim Peake has been training hard for months already - exploring caves

underground, working underwater and But the reward for all his hard

work will be a view like this one. Tim is currently training for his

mission here in Moscow at Star City. It's where almost every astronaut

that has ever orbited the earth It's very rare to see inside,

but yesterday I got to go and see what it's like

and to meet Tim Peake himself. First training exercise of the day,

Tim get suited up and is joined by his crew members. They spent years

training and now blast offers only a few weeks away. Tim, it is your last

day of training, what are you doing? Are you prepared? The job today is

undocking from the space station and re-entry back to Earth. We have

prepared well for it. Tim goes to the should all to test his

capabilities. They're going through similar relation to see what it is

like to remove themselves from the space station and return to it, so

whatever he is going through now will be what he does in space. In

between, Tim did get time to speak to us. Tim, I've been in the replica

space station which is cramped. How do you deal with it? The space

station feels cramped, you get used to it. This is only... Less than

half the space station. How do you think this will change your life? It

is a wonderful experience and my ambition is to share it with as many

people as possible. And also to use it to contribute to the future

programmes. We are looking at going to the Moon and Mars. That is

exciting. Tell me, what is the deal with your weekends. You get weekends

in space? We do get weekends, Saturday morning we have deep clean

the house. We have to get the vacuum cleaner outcome all the filters,

they sucking in all the dirt. Nothing falls, dust doesn't fall

like your nerve. We have to vacuum all those grills out. I've seen some

of the training Tim has been doing here, but he is told been none of it

compared to how he will actually feel when he is living in outer

space. That first time you get a look back on Earth from the small

window will be the most wonderful experience, I'm sure.

Just in case you don't know enough about Tim's mission, make sure you

check out the Newsround website, where you can see everything you

need to know about the International Space Station, and see some of the

best space walks from astronauts up there.

On the 15th December, Tim Peak sets off into space,

and I'm sure we'll be hearing more from him from then on in.

But make sure you watch the Newsround website

for much more stuff from Star City and more of your questioned answered

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