British astronaut Tim Peake, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. (File photo: AP)
British astronaut dials wrong number on Christmas call from space
The first British astronaut on the International Space Station, dialed a wrong number after trying to phone home for Christmas
Tim Peake, the first British astronaut on the International Space Station, dialed a wrong number after trying to phone home for Christmas, asking a woman “Is this planet Earth?”
“I’d like to apologies to the lady I just called by mistake saying ‘Hello, is this planet Earth?’ - not a prank call...just a wrong number!” he tweeted late on Thursday.
Peake, 43, became the first British astronaut to travel to the space station after blasting off from the Moscow-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this month for a six-month mission.
