American, Briton, Russian depart from space station

They have conducted hundreds of scientific experiments. Together with Jeff Williams two Roscosmos cosmonauts will remain on ISS: Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka. And that was his wishlist, not after just any trip.

A WORCESTERSHIRE pub has commissioned a quirky creation to welcome back to earth British astronaut Tim Peake using ingredients from his favourite meal.

“I just felt fantastic from start to finish”, he added said after completing a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

Best reactions to Tim Peake returning from ISSMajor Peake was the first ever British astronaut to be sent to the ISS by the European Space Agency (Esa).

The singer appeared broke down in tears as she accepted the honour from the astronaut, and said: “My kid is going to think I’m so cool”.

Everything was “executed in flawless fashion”, mission control said.

“It’s a life-changing experience”, Peake told reporters.

“I’m just truly elated”.

Former army major Peake was the first person representing Briton to live on the ISS and the first Briton to perform a spacewalk.

During his 186-day stint in space, Peake ran a marathon strapped to a treadmill and held a science lesson for 300,000 schoolchildren.

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with the Soyuz TMA-19M space capsule takes off on December 15, 2015, carrying a new crew to the International Space Station.

“This is the pinnacle of my career”.

The lack of gravity also redistributes fluid more evenly throughout the body, causing astronauts’ face and neck to swell that gives them a characteristic puffy appearance during their first few weeks on orbit.

He piloted the ExoMars rover, which is slated for launch in 2018 and will take nine months to reach Mars, through the rocky landscape in a hangar in Stevenage during a two-hour test.

Considering it was the first time he’d done this, Tim Peake was relaxed and smiling as he sat in the heat of the Kazakhstan steppe.

Next, half an hour before landing and at an altitude of 87 miles, explosive bolts will fire, splitting the Soyuz into three parts.

Peake is also carrying rocket seeds (a popular salad variety) with him.

Three astronauts who have spent the last six months on board the International Space Station are now on their way back to Earth.

Mr Peake managed to achieve the fastest ever marathon in space by marking a time of 3hr 35min 21sec, setting a Guinness World Record.

An outside camera showed the spacecraft backing away from the space station with the Earth turning slowly below. “Time to put on some weight!”

Shortly afterwards, the capsule undocked from from the ISS and began the journey back to Earth.