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Tim Peake takes stunning picture of Wigan (and Liverpool) from the International Space Station
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Manchester Evening News
Apr 17, 2016, 11:45:43 AM4/17/16
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British astronaut Tim Peake has taken this magnificent picture of Wigan (and
Liverpool) [from space](http://manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/space) .
The picture, posted by Major Tim on his Twitter and Facebook pages, was taken
264 miles up from onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
[Wigan](http://manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/wigan) can be seen in the
top right hand corner of the image, along with Ashton-in-Makerfield below it,
bathed in glorious sunshine on Saturday afternoon.
The picture also shows Liverpool and the rest of Merseyside.
The astronaut often posts pictures of Earth from space - including [this
amazing night time shot of
Manchester](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-
news/see-manchester-amazing-photograph-taken-10813069) and the UK.
Tim Peake/ @astro_timpeake 
Major Peake took this picture of the UK from the ISS at the beginning of April
** Read: [ Astronaut Tim Peake speaks to Wythenshawe schoolchildren from International Space Station](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/astronaut-tim-peake-speaks-wythenshawe-11122932) **
** Read: [ Manchester Duck Race 2016: Tim Peake tweets message of encouragement to Tim Beake](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-duck-race-2016-tim-11095318) **
Major Peake, 44, blasted off in his Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan together with Russian crew commander Yuri Malenchenko and
American Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra in December last year.
He is expected to stay on the station until May.
The ISS orbits around the earth 15 times a day.
It has been in space for more than 6,000 days, during which time it has
completed around 100,000 orbits of Earth, and has been continuously occupied
for more than 13 years.
### Greater Manchester and space
[  Major Tim speaks to school children
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news
/astronaut-tim-peake-speaks-wythenshawe-11122932) [ 
Video of Northern Lights in Manchester
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news
/northern-lights-manchester-aurora-sunday-11001160) [  Manchester from space ](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news
/greater-manchester-news/see-manchester-amazing-photograph-taken-10813069) [ !
[](http://i1.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article10145283.ece/ALTERNAT
ES/s225/eclipse7.jpg) Blood moon pictures
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/blood-
moon-pictures-readers-images-10145305)
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Liverpool) [from space](http://manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/space) .
The picture, posted by Major Tim on his Twitter and Facebook pages, was taken
264 miles up from onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
[Wigan](http://manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/wigan) can be seen in the
top right hand corner of the image, along with Ashton-in-Makerfield below it,
bathed in glorious sunshine on Saturday afternoon.
The picture also shows Liverpool and the rest of Merseyside.
The astronaut often posts pictures of Earth from space - including [this
amazing night time shot of
Manchester](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-
news/see-manchester-amazing-photograph-taken-10813069) and the UK.
Tim Peake/ @astro_timpeake 
Major Peake took this picture of the UK from the ISS at the beginning of April
** Read: [ Astronaut Tim Peake speaks to Wythenshawe schoolchildren from International Space Station](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/astronaut-tim-peake-speaks-wythenshawe-11122932) **
** Read: [ Manchester Duck Race 2016: Tim Peake tweets message of encouragement to Tim Beake](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-duck-race-2016-tim-11095318) **
Major Peake, 44, blasted off in his Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
in Kazakhstan together with Russian crew commander Yuri Malenchenko and
American Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra in December last year.
He is expected to stay on the station until May.
The ISS orbits around the earth 15 times a day.
It has been in space for more than 6,000 days, during which time it has
completed around 100,000 orbits of Earth, and has been continuously occupied
for more than 13 years.
### Greater Manchester and space
[  Major Tim speaks to school children
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news
/astronaut-tim-peake-speaks-wythenshawe-11122932) [ 
Video of Northern Lights in Manchester
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news
/northern-lights-manchester-aurora-sunday-11001160) [  Manchester from space ](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news
/greater-manchester-news/see-manchester-amazing-photograph-taken-10813069) [ !
[](http://i1.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article10145283.ece/ALTERNAT
ES/s225/eclipse7.jpg) Blood moon pictures
](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/blood-
moon-pictures-readers-images-10145305)
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