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\nThis interview with ESA astronaut Tim Peake was recorded in Cologne, Germany, one day after his return from a six-month stay on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n
\nTim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Saturday, 18 June in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft at 09:15 GMT. The trio spent 186 days on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe landing brings Tim Peake\u2019s Principia mission to an end but the research continues. Tim is the eighth ESA astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space. He was the third after Alexander Gerst and Andreas Mogensen to fly directly to ESA\u2019s astronaut home base in Cologne, Germany, for medical checks and for researchers to collect more data on how Tim\u2019s body and mind have adapted to living in space.\n<\/p>\n
\nMore about the Principia mission: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/principia<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nFollow Tim Peake via timpeake.esa.int<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nThis interview with ESA astronaut Tim Peake was recorded in Cologne, Germany, one day after his return from a six-month stay on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n \nTim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko landed in the steppe of Kazakhstan on Saturday, 18 June in their Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft at 09:15 GMT. The trio spent 186 days on the International Space Station.\n<\/p>\n \nThe landing brings Tim Peake’s Principia mission to an end but the research continues. Tim is the eighth ESA astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space. He was the third after Alexander Gerst and Andreas Mogensen to fly directly to ESA’s astronaut home base in Cologne, Germany, for medical checks and for researchers to collect more data on how Tim’s body and mind have adapted to living in space.\n<\/p>\n \nMore about the Principia mission: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/principia<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n