European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will return home after a six-month long mission on the International Space Station,on June 18, 2016. Peake was the first British ESA astronaut to visit the ISS and captured hundreds of photographs of the Earth during his mission. Here: “Lots of sun-glint right now during our whole orbit – we haven't seen a sunset for over 3 days”, he wrote. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake tried on his spacesuit and checked for leaks ahead of his return to Earth. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake took this photo with the caption, “Spotted volcano smoking away on Russia's far east coast this morning – heat has melted snow around top”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Peake took this image of the Aurora Australis from the International Space Station. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake posted this photograph of Patagonia as seen from the International Space Station. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake took this photograph of Italy with the caption: “Been some great night passes over Europe recently...I am waving!”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake took this image of the Milky Way with the caption: “Watching the Milky Way rising over the horizon”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





“These little town blues... Manhattan island in the middle, North is left. The rectangular Central Park very visible. Jersey City and Newark Bay to the bottom”, wrote astronaut Tim Peake. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake shared this photo with the caption, “Another great pass over Patagonia and a swirling plankton bloom off the coast”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Astronaut Tim Peake captioned this photo: “Canada's 210 million year old Manicouagan impact crater, marking 1 month to Asteroid Day”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





“Our orbit is giving us a very low sun angle right now - great for cloud pics!”, wrote Tim Peake with the photo he took from the International Space Station. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake captioned this picture: “The Pacific “Ring of Fire” clear to see amongst the volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is shown here including artificial archipelagos, Palm Jebel Ali, left, Palm Jumeirah, and The World. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





“Jeff Williams leads the way into the BEAM for the first time”, Peake wrote in this photo, referring to the expandable habitat installed at the International Space Station. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake took this picture of the Sahara desert at night and wrote, “you can really see how thin the Earth's atmosphere is in this pic”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





“London midnight Saturday – I'd rather be up here...but only just!! #toughcall”, said astronaut Tim Peake in the caption of this photo of London at night. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)





Tim Peake captioned this photo: “There are a few moments each time we cross the terminator when all we see is this – magical!”. (Photo by Tim Peake/ESA/NASA)