LONDON -- Tim Peake might have 265 experiments to do while he's up on the International Space Station, as well as some serious tea making and even a fair amount of housework, but he's still found time to update earthlings with his progress.
His Twitter account has been alive with pictures from his enviable vantage point as well as messages to everyone from Elton John to the Queen.
2nd attempt at my new hobby: space photography. Earth with Kibo module. #Principia pic.twitter.com/0U4nwEl0JO— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) December 20, 2015
Now he's even sending down tough music questions as part an epic #spacerocks quiz for his followers.
He's taken 75 tracks with him to soundtrack his life on the ISS, and every now and then he's planning to tweet lyrics from some of his favourite tunes. The first follower to reply with the song and artist will get a special #spacerocks patch.
This was his first question:
A fire a fire, you can only take what you can carry #spacerocks.1— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) December 20, 2015
And the answer:
1st #spacerocks was: If there's a rocket tie me to it by @SnowPatrolBand. Next one in a few days!— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) December 20, 2015
This is the prize:
Are you up for some #spacerocks? https://t.co/p77O2i3yJe pic.twitter.com/ePvWd04RDv— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) December 20, 2015
Tim Peake has 14 GB of space on his music player, and has taken up tracks by Muse, U2, Coldplay, the Foo Fighters and - for some reason - Nickelback. The European Space Agency has made a playlist of his music on Spotify.
He's also got special headphones to drown out the background noise on the ISS, which can reach 70 db while he's on the treadmill.