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The rocket carrying Briton Tim Peake on his landmark flight to the International Space Station has launched from Kazakhstan. The former army platoon commander is the first British member of the European Space Agency to join the crew of the station where he will spend six months doing experiments.

Former director of Science and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency David Southwood and Professor Brian Cox discussed on the Today programme the importance of space exploration - by both people and robots.