This included a programme of hands-on activities for local school children, a live screening of the mission launch with Italian ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who had recently returned from her own mission on the ISS, and bringing Tim Peake and mission colleague astronaut Tim Kopra for an evening at the Usher Hall on 17 October 2016.
This involved a programme of hands-on activities for local school children, a live broadcast of the mission launch with Italian ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who had recently returned from her own mission on the ISS, and an evening event featuring Tim Peake and mission colleague astronaut Tim Kopra at the Usher Hall on 17 October 2016.