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And welcome to a rather special Newsround.	:00:00.	:00:00.
All about a very exciting space mission!	:00:07.	:00:14.
Mission control to Newsround, keep watching, you don't want to miss	:00:15.	:00:21.
this. Five, four, three, two, one, liftoff.	:00:22.	:00:27.
Hello, I'm Hayley and I'm live for you in Moscow, Russia.	:00:28.	:00:29.
That's about 2000 miles away from where you are now.	:00:30.	:00:32.
The reason I'm here is to meet the first British astronaut to	:00:33.	:00:36.
rocket to the International Space Station, Major Tim Peake,	:00:37.	:00:40.
before he goes on a mission that no other Brit has ever done before.	:00:41.	:01:03.
Yesterday, I got a stick peek inside and spoke to the main man himself.	:01:04.	:01:10.
First training exercise of the day, Tim gets suited up and is joined	:01:11.	:01:14.
They spent years training and now blast off is only a few weeks away.	:01:15.	:01:20.
Tim, it is your last day of training, what are you doing?	:01:21.	:01:23.
The job today is undocking from the space station	:01:24.	:01:27.
Tim goes to the shuttle to test his capabilities.	:01:28.	:01:39.
They're going through simulation to see what it is	:01:40.	:01:42.
like to remove themselves from the space station and return to	:01:43.	:01:45.
it, so whatever he is going through now will be what he does in space.	:01:46.	:01:51.
In between, Tim did get time to speak to us.	:01:52.	:02:05.
This is where he will be eating and speaking. Check this out, this is	:02:06.	:02:13.
his tireless. He'll be learning how to use all the controls and this is	:02:14.	:02:17.
where you will do his science experiments. When he wants to access	:02:18.	:02:22.
the rest of the space station, he will do through this hob.	:02:23.	:02:27.
Tim, I've been in the replica space station which is cramped.	:02:28.	:02:30.
The space station feels cramped, you get used to it.	:02:31.	:02:35.
How do you think this will change your life?	:02:36.	:02:42.
It is a wonderful experience and my ambition is to share it with	:02:43.	:02:46.
And also to use it to contribute to the future programmes.	:02:47.	:02:53.
We are looking at going to the Moon and Mars.	:02:54.	:02:56.
Tell me, what is the deal with your weekends.	:02:57.	:03:01.
We do get weekends, Saturday morning we have to clean the house.	:03:02.	:03:09.
We have to get the vacuum cleaner outcome all the filters,	:03:10.	:03:13.
Nothing falls, dust doesn't fall like on Earth.	:03:14.	:03:20.
We have to vacuum all those grills out.	:03:21.	:03:31.
Who cleans the toilet? We take it in turns, it comes up on the schedule.	:03:32.	:03:41.
Good luck with that. Tim will spend time in quarantine, like a sealed	:03:42.	:03:45.
house to make sure he doesn't take any germs or infections with him to	:03:46.	:03:49.
the space station. I've seen some of the training ten has been doing	:03:50.	:03:55.
here, but he has told me not of it compared to how you will actually	:03:56.	:04:02.
feel living in outer space -- Tim. The first time you get a look back	:04:03.	:04:05.
on planet Earth will be the most wonderful experience.	:04:06.	:04:08.
Well, it's not just Tim who's excited.	:04:09.	:04:11.
Loads of you guys have been in touch with us here at Newsround.	:04:12.	:04:14.
You've sent us the questions you want to know about Tim's Mission.	:04:15.	:04:17.
So yesterday, I put some of them to him.	:04:18.	:04:19.
OK, so, Tim, how do you feel about being	:04:20.	:04:22.
the first British astronaut to head to the International Space Station?	:04:23.	:04:24.
I'm really proud to be the first Brit going to the space station.	:04:25.	:04:29.
Of course I was also inspired by Helen Sharman, who was our first	:04:30.	:04:32.
British astronaut in space, but what I am really excited about this time	:04:33.	:04:35.
is the UK government is now involved in space flight, which is very	:04:36.	:04:38.
exciting for all of our future scientists and engineers.	:04:39.	:04:40.
And what are you most looking forward to and most dreading	:04:41.	:04:43.
Mya, I am most looking forward to the view of planet Earth.	:04:44.	:04:52.
We have a wonderful Earth-facing window, so to go there and actually	:04:53.	:04:55.
watch the earth go by itself at 17,000 mph is going to be wonderful.	:04:56.	:04:58.
Probably not having a hot shower for six months.	:04:59.	:05:04.
Will it be hard to spend Christmas away from your family?	:05:05.	:05:06.
Libby, yes, Christmas is a family time and it	:05:07.	:05:10.
But it is also a unique experience to have Christmas up in space,	:05:11.	:05:16.
and I will also get the chance to share it with them via	:05:17.	:05:19.
Where do you sleep, says Finley in Coventry?	:05:20.	:05:23.
Finley, four of the astronauts in the space	:05:24.	:05:26.
station sleep in the front section, if you like, and two Russians sleep	:05:27.	:05:30.
My crew quarter will be up in the deck.	:05:31.	:05:40.
Just in case you don't know enough about Tim's mission, make sure you	:05:41.	:05:43.
check out the Newsround website, where you can see everything you	:05:44.	:05:45.
need to know about the International Space Station, and see some of the	:05:46.	:05:48.
best space walks from astronauts up there.	:05:49.	:05:50.
On the 15th December, Tim Peak sets off into space,	:05:51.	:05:53.
and I'm sure we'll be hearing more from him from then on in.	:05:54.	:05:56.
But make sure you watch the Newsround website	:05:57.	:05:58.
for much more stuff from Star City and more of your questioned answered	:05:59.	:06:02.

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