British astronaut Tim Peake to run marathon from space

British astronaut Tim Peake to run marathon from space London (UPI) Dec 4, 2015 - On Friday, British astronaut Tim Peake announced his intention to compete in the London Marathon - from space. Peake is scheduled to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, as part of Expedition 46. He will be joined on his trip to the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos. On April 24, toward the end o ... more

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