What is Tim Peake?
[[File:Timothy Peake, official portrait.jpg|thumb|Peake in 2013]] '''Timothy Nigel Peake''' {{Small|[[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]]}} (born 7 April 1972) is a [[British people|British]] [[astronaut]] and former [[British Army|Army Air Corps officer]]. He is the first British astronaut for the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA). He is a former crew member of the [[International Space Station]] (ISS). He is also the second astronaut to bear the [[flag of the United Kingdom]]. He is the seventh British-born astronaut in space. He served in the British Army from 1992 to 2009. He was made a [[Major]] in 2004. Peake was born in [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]]. He is a [[Graduate|degree holder]] of the [[University of Portsmouth]]. He is married to Rebecca. The couple have two sons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMFEK0OWUF_astronauts_0.html|title=Timothy (Tim) Peake|date=5 October 2009|access-date=21 March 2019|publisher=[[European Space Agency]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Timothy Peake|Tim Peake}} * [http://timpeake.esa.int/ Tim Peake] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707062719/http://timpeake.esa.int/ |date=2016-07-07 }} at the [[European Space Agency]] website {{DEFAULTSORT:Peake, Tim}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Astronauts]] [[Category:British Army people]] [[Category:People from West Sussex]] {{Bio-stub}}