3 astronauts are returning to Earth today

Three astronauts have begun their descent to Earth this morning.

European Tim Peake has spent the last six months on the International Space Station along side NASA's Tim Kopra and Soyuz spacecraft commander Yuri Malenchenko.

The capsule is due to parachute to the ground in a remote part of Kazakhstan later this morning.

Major Peake's tweeted that it's 'time to put on weight', with his wife replying that she 'can't wait'.

Time to put on some weight! What an incredible journey it has been– thank you for following & see you back on Earth! pic.twitter.com/ffAhPvsAFv

— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) June 17, 2016