--- ---  # British Astronaut Dials Wrong Number ## Video: TIME Raw: Astronauts Conduct Emergency Spacewalk [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Raw: Astronauts Conduct Emergency Spacewalk](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7JxTz2yY.m3u8) (0:57)  _Published 2015-12-21. http://time.com/4156552/astronauts-conduct-emergency-spacewalk-on-space-station/_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 25, 2015 3:09 PM UTC  Britain's astronaut Tim Peake gestures as his space suit is tested at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS), on Dec. 15, 2015. Britain's astronaut Tim Peake gestures as his space suit is tested at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS), on Dec. 15, 2015.Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 25, 2015 3:09 PM UTC British astronaut Tim Peake apologized on Christmas Eve after [dialing a wrong number](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/12/25/astronaut-dials-wrong-number-from-space-apologizes/77902862/) from aboard the International Space Station. Peake, who [boarded the space station](http://time.com/4152376/heres-the-soyuz-spacecraft-docking-at-the-space-station/) less than two weeks ago, wrote on Twitter late Thursday night saying that he had been trying to call his family. “Hello, is this planet Earth?” he asked the woman who answered the phone. > [](https://twitter.com/astro%5Ftimpeake/status/680162260946423808) This is not the astronaut’s [first phone trouble in space](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/12062668/Tim-Peake-called-parents-from-space...but-got-answerphone.html), reports the _Daily Telegraph_. Peake, 43, tried to call his family on Monday, but had to leave a message—as they weren’t home. Peake arrived at the space station Dec. 15 along with American Tim Kopra and Russian Yuri Malenchenko. He is the first Englishman to board the space station, according to USA _Today_. **Read More:** [_Here’s the Soyuz Spacecraft Docking at the Space Station_](http://time.com/4152376/heres-the-soyuz-spacecraft-docking-at-the-space-station/) British Astronaut Dials Wrong Number ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/"},"headline":"British Astronaut Dials Wrong Number","datePublished":"2015-12-25T15:09:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:38:09.951Z","description":"\"Hello, is this planet Earth?\"","url":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/","keywords":["Space","international space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bc268f8ea96ecaf/698876dd5f570f182bb1ef77/gettyimages-501413404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bc268f8ea96ecaf/698876dd5f570f182bb1ef77/gettyimages-501413404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-BRITAIN-ISS-SPACE","caption":"KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-BRITAIN-ISS-SPACE","creditText":"Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/","name":"British Astronaut Dials Wrong Number"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: Astronauts Conduct Emergency Spacewalk","description":"http://time.com/4156552/astronauts-conduct-emergency-spacewalk-on-space-station/","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7JxTz2yY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-21T18:47:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7JxTz2yY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/","duration":"PT57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4161435/british-astronaut-dials-wrong-number/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```