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Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, 'Achieving orbit is emotional and intense "

December 14, 2015 Last updated at 00:00 GMT Clock

Tuesday, Tim Peake will be the first British astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS).

He will spend 6 months on the ISS in their first mission.

The man spent with the record for the most time in space Russian Gennady Padalka already, has accumulated a massive 879 days in orbit.

Sarah Rainsford went to meet him.

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