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AN exclusive extract from Limitless by Tim Peake: I pushed myself down the airlock feet first and slid into space.

Our commander Scott Kelly came on the radio: “Tim, it’s really cool to see that Union Jack go outside. It’s explored all over the world. And now it’s explored space.” It was an extremely proud moment for me. I started to get the feel of how the suit moved, which was quite different from training in the pool. In space you moved much more quickly – momentum which was far harder to stop. It was liberating and a cautionary tale.

We couldn’t begin our work on the solar panels until there was no residual sunlight, in case of electric shock. So we had the extraordin­ary luxury of just hanging out in space. Attached by a short tether I pushed off and allowed myself to float. They were the most incredible few minutes.

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