The Life Scientific: Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Tim Peake
Join us at The Royal Society for a recording of The Life Scientific podcast with Jim Al-Khalili and Tim Peake.
What's it like living underwater for two weeks? How do you run a marathon in space? What's the most difficult part of training to be an astronaut?
Several extreme questions, all of which can be answered by one man: Tim Peake.
After a childhood packed with outdoor adventures, via the Cub Scouts and school Cadet Force, Tim joined the British Army Air Corps and became a military flying instructor then a test pilot; before eventually being selected as a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut.
In 2015, Tim became the first British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station. Over the course of a six-month mission, he took part in more than 250 scientific experiments engaging more than two million schoolchildren across Europe.
In a special conversation for the BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Life Scientific' recorded at the Royal Society, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Tim about his lifelong passion for adventure, the thrill of flight and scientific experiments in space.
This event will include time for audience questions.
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