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Fully trained astronaut Tim Peake before space travel

November 23, 2015 Last updated at 00:07 GMT Clock

British astronaut Tim Peake and his team-mates have completed their intensive training for his flight to the International Space Station in December.

The crew spent their last, practice exam and will fly shortly to the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan.

Peake, a former test pilot will make his first trip into space and offers a range of scientific experiments on board the ISS, in orbit 250 miles (400 km) of land.

Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford went to him and the rest of the crew in the Russian training center as Star City meet known.

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