I’m unclear why, exactly, Peterborough Cathedral was hosting an exhibition of Tim Peake’s Soyuz capsule, but it sounded like something well worth visiting, so Lucy and I made a journey to Peterborough. It was inspiring to see – it a shame that, understandably, touching wasn’t permitted as feeling it would have added greatly to the experience, but it was still something I was glad to have seen up (fairly) close.
We also experienced “Space Descent VR with Tim Peake”, a virtual reality adventure narrated by the man himself, with us appearing to be in in the pilot’s seat of a Soyuz capsule. It was intended to enable visitors to experience what it feels like to sit inside the Soyuz’s descent module as it returns to Earth: actually the start as we undocked from the ISS was the most spectacular section to my mind.