Happy birthday, British astronaut Tim Peake!

ESA astronaut Timothy Peake, born April 7, 1972 in Chichester, Sussex, England, went into space aboard Soyuz TMA-19M as flight engineer to the International Space Station in December 2015.  He participated in Expeditions 46 and 47.  He returned to Earth after almost 186 days in space in June 2016.

Soyuz TMA-19M launched 2015

Soyuz TMA-19M crew (L-R): Timothy Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko, Timothy Peake

Mission patch

Soyuz TMA-19M, launched December 15, 2015, carried the members of Expedition 46 to the International Space Station.  Its crew consisted of Commander Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Timothy Kopra (NASA) and Timothy Peake (ESA)

They returned to Earth 186 days later in June 2016.