The British astronaut tweeted for the aboriginal time aback he became the aboriginal Briton to complete an Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) or spacewalk.
He wrote: "Today's animating spacewalk will be categorical in my anamnesis always – absolutely an absurd feeling!"
The tweet, which accustomed hundreds of retweets aural minutes, was accompanied with three photos including a selfie assuming his camera in the absorption of his helmet.
Major Peake's mission concluded aboriginal afterwards a baptize balloon was detected in the helmet of his American aide Tim Kopra.
The British astronaut helped complete the crew's primary assignment of acclimation a torn voltage regulator and headed aback to the International Amplitude Station (ISS) afterwards four hours and 43 annual instead of the planned six-and-a-half hours.
Live footage showed them cautiously abiding to the ISS's airlock breadth and the thermal awning getting bankrupt abaft them.Major Peake, 43, from Chichester, West Sussex, who is on a six-month mission with the European Amplitude Agency (ESA), beforehand told of his pride in dispatch into amplitude with the Union banderole on his amplitude suit.
After the operation was concluded by the advance Flight Director, Major Peake and Colonel Kopra were told to absorb some time charwoman up their accoutrement afore branch to safety.
NASA said the abortion was a precaution.
A cheep from its official annual said: "As a precaution, spacewalk concluded due to baby bulk of baptize in Tim's helmet."
The ESA said the aboriginal abortion of the spacewalk was clearly completed at 17.31 GMT.
Colonel Kopra offered his acknowledgment to the arena agents for ensuring their safety.
Major Peake added: "Thank you actual much, I just wish to reiterate Tim's words there, you guys accept done a abundant job, acknowledgment for everybody's support."
Colonel Kopra's helmet-absorption pad, forth with a sample of the baptize balloon taken with a syringe, will be analysed to actuate what acquired it to form.
Crew affiliate Scott Kelly photographed Major Peake's gloves for "future advertence and inspection", the ESA said, afore his helmet was removed too.
Earlier, Major Peake's parents, Nigel and Angela Peake, beamed with pride as they watched their son's advance from their active allowance in Westbourne, Emsworth, Hampshire.
Mr Peake said: "It's amazing, the photographs from amplitude are incredible.
"For us, we accept immense pride, but aswell immense acknowledgment to all the humans who are acknowledging Tim and the added astronauts."
New flight rules were brought into aftereffect afterwards a agnate adventure took abode in 2013, if Luca Parmitano had a ample bulk of baptize ample his helmet.
CO2 sensors accept been adapted in the helmets of astronauts aback then, and these helped active Colonel Kopra to the problem.
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