Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a year in space, landing in barren Kazakhstan with his Russian cosmonaut companion.

A Russian supply ship that went into an uncontrollable spin after launch has been declared a total loss, the crew of the International Space Station said.

AT last, after decades of rumour and conjecture, the world has verifiable proof that teenage students are left-leaning, communist-inclined spacers.

A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts blasted off in southern Kazakhstan today, kicking off a tightly packed schedule at the International Space Station in the coming days.