Tim Peake returns to Earth on ‘best ride ever’

International Space Station mission ends as British astronaut and two crewmates land in Kazakhstan in Soyuz capsule The British astronaut Tim Peake has said “it feels wonderful” to be back on Earth after six months in space, having landed in Kazakhstan at the end of a seven-hour return journey from the International Space Station (ISS).The Soyuz capsule, which also carried the Nasa astronaut Col Tim Kopra and the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, completed its de-orbit to enter the Earth’s atmosphere at about 10am on Saturday UK time. It landed by parachute in a remote spot in the vast scrubland steppe of Kazakhstan 15 minutes later. Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 18, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Staff and agencies Tags: Tim Peake International Space Station Science UK news Astronomy Source Type: news