:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Martin with your Saturday news update.
:00:00. > :00:08.Coming up - all the latest pictures as British astronaut Tim Peake
:00:09. > :00:11.touches down back on earth after six months in space.
:00:12. > :00:27.At 10:15 this morning, British astronaut Tim Peake touched
:00:28. > :00:30.down on earth after spending six months living in space on board
:00:31. > :00:35.Let's take a look at the moment he arrived.
:00:36. > :00:38.In these pictures we can see the soyuz capsule,
:00:39. > :00:41.with its parachute open, approaching the earth.
:00:42. > :00:44.It landed safely just behind that hill.
:00:45. > :00:50.Because he's been weightless in space for the last six months,
:00:51. > :00:53.the feeling of gravity would have been quite a shock on his body
:00:54. > :00:57.so Tim was carried out of the capsule.
:00:58. > :01:00.Speaking to reporters, Tim said that one of the first
:01:01. > :01:02.things he noticed was that Earth smells really strongly!
:01:03. > :01:06.Here he is making a call to his family, letting them
:01:07. > :01:11.Tim will now go off and get used to life back on Earth.
:01:12. > :01:13.He said the thing he's looking forward to most is pizza.
:01:14. > :01:17.So at least we know what's on the menu tonight!
:01:18. > :01:19.Also watching those amazing pictures were a group
:01:20. > :01:21.of space fans gathered at the National Space
:01:22. > :01:31.BBC reporter Geeta Pense has been there for Newsround.
:01:32. > :01:36.Because it was going at such a high speed, I thought it was going to
:01:37. > :01:40.crash but then I realised there were thrusters on the bottom to weigh it
:01:41. > :01:44.down and then it landed safely. Quite nerve wracking because we
:01:45. > :01:48.didn't know what would happen. Me and my mum had been following him on
:01:49. > :01:52.social networks and all the pictures he had posted, to see the person who
:01:53. > :01:59.had posted those wonderful pictures come down on earth, it was the
:02:00. > :02:03.nominal. They think he will be pretty happy to see his family.
:02:04. > :02:05.While Major Peake's main task has been to carry out
:02:06. > :02:07.science experiments, he's managed to squeeze in quite
:02:08. > :02:11.Hayley's been talking a look back at some of Tim's top
:02:12. > :02:30.After a successful launch, he reached his new home
:02:31. > :02:35.His main task has been to carry out science experiments but he's managed
:02:36. > :02:37.to squeeze in quite a lot of other things too.
:02:38. > :02:40.From drinking water bubbles to making scrambled eggs in packets,
:02:41. > :02:44.Tim showed us all how to eat and drink in space.
:02:45. > :02:47.He even decided to answer the question everyone was wondering
:02:48. > :02:56.- just how do you go to the toilet in space?
:02:57. > :03:00.Here is the tube UPN. Take the cap off and the airflow keeps everything
:03:01. > :03:03.going down the pipe. Tim even came face to face
:03:04. > :03:05.with aliens whilst in space, Tim and Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly
:03:06. > :03:09.had a great time playing Tim read a Cbeebies
:03:10. > :03:19.bedtime story to children from the International Space Station
:03:20. > :03:23.all about a spaceman and two boys Tim even popped up and made
:03:24. > :03:30.a surprise appearance at this year's Brit Awards,
:03:31. > :03:33.presenting an award to Adele, From up in space, Tim has inspired
:03:34. > :03:39.thousands of schoolchildren in the UK and answered loads
:03:40. > :03:53.of their questions through What is your favourite button and
:03:54. > :03:55.what does it do? This button here actually opens up the door to utter
:03:56. > :03:56.space. He's also carried out
:03:57. > :03:59.lots of science experiments including one with children around
:04:00. > :04:02.the UK to compare how seeds that have been up to space grow compared
:04:03. > :04:06.to ones that haven't. Over the past six months,
:04:07. > :04:10.Tim has shared amazing pictures he's taken of planet earth
:04:11. > :04:12.and the UK at night, as well as this amazing
:04:13. > :04:18.video of an aurora rise. In April, Tim joined thousands
:04:19. > :04:21.of runners and completed the distance of the London Marathon
:04:22. > :04:25.from a treadmill in space. Using a harness to stop him
:04:26. > :04:29.from floating away, he completed it But Tim says his ultimate highlight
:04:30. > :04:37.was carrying out a spacewalk Alongside Nasa astronaut Tim Kopra,
:04:38. > :04:42.Tim carried out a repair on the space station and made
:04:43. > :04:46.history as the first British astronaut to
:04:47. > :04:49.carry out a spacewalk. It might be a while before Tim gets
:04:50. > :04:56.back into running on Earth but these Almost 3,000 kids across the country
:04:57. > :05:02.are taking part in a new running festival organised by the charity
:05:03. > :05:05.Skillforce. The aim of the festival is to get
:05:06. > :05:08.you to enjoy being active and learn confidence to take
:05:09. > :05:15.on new challenges. Time for an update on the sad news
:05:16. > :05:18.of MP Jo Cox who was Tributes have continued to come
:05:19. > :05:22.in from around the world, and US President Barack Obama phoned
:05:23. > :05:24.Jo's husband to personally express how sorry he was
:05:25. > :05:29.to hear of her death. Last night a moment's silence
:05:30. > :05:32.was observed outside the Houses of Parliament,
:05:33. > :05:35.where many messages The man who was arrested yesterday
:05:36. > :05:39.for attacking Jo has now been charged, which means that he's been
:05:40. > :05:45.formally accused of killing her. That's all for now,
:05:46. > :05:49.Newsround's back at 1:40.