British astronaut Tim Peake will blast off across the country this autumn bringing the awe and wonder of space travel past, present and future to audiences with his latest tour.
Tim made history in 2015 when he became the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), where he spent six months living and working in space, completing a spacewalk and even running a marathon.
And now he’s looking forward to a potential return to space, as part of a commercially sponsored, UK mission which could see him return to the ISS.
His tour, Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space brings to life the adventures of astronauts in a celebration of human spaceflight and gives a fascinating insight into what lies ahead.
“It’s like the greatest hits of space exploration, with amazing footage and behind the scenes stories of what it’s really like to leave our planet,” Tim said.
The tour follows his debut My Journey To Space in 2021-2023, where Tim told his personal story of space flight.
But in Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space, which debuted in autumn 2024, he will look back on the broader history of human space exploration – jetting across England, Scotland and Wales to 28 new venues, due to huge popular demand, in September and October.
Tickets are on sale now from nothird.co.uk/live-shows/tim-peake or direct from venues.
“This tour is fast-paced, fun and entertaining,” Tim promises. “It showcases the extraordinary endeavour of human spaceflight; the excitement, the drama, the highs and lows, right from the early days of the 1950s, through to the current Artemis program to return to the Moon, and beyond to the first human mission to Mars.
“My previous tour was very much my own personal story. But there are around 650 people who have been into space – and this tour allows me to share some of their many amazing stories of human spaceflight. Looking back at the amazing endeavours through the years to create this show has been incredible.
“I am so honoured to have experienced the wonders of space travel myself, and yet it still continues to amaze me just how much space inspires and fascinates people of all ages – and the show’s Q&A section proves that every single night. I love that part, but it’s also slightly terrifying as you never know what people are going to ask”.
While the tour reflects on space stories from the past, Tim is also focussed on his own possible future exploration.
The UK Space Agency was approached in 2023 by Axiom Space – a US-based company offering commercial space travel, which is currently working on the first commercial space station as a replacement for the ISS – to support their ambitions for an all-UK mission.
This short-duration mission would be focused on scientific research, technology demonstrations and educational outreach, with potential applicants having already been invited to pitch research projects for the mission.
