Tim Peake Set For 'Ballistic' Descent To Earth

Tim Peake has ended his historic mission aboard the International Space Station by scrambling into a Soyuz capsule with two other crewmates to complete his trip back to Earth. Closing the hatch between the station and the spacecraft at precisely 3.34am marked the official end of ISS Expedition 47 and Major Peake's Principia mission. The operation to airlift Peake and his crewmates from their Kazakhstan landing zone has been planned with military precision.