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. <br><br> "Lots of sun-glint right now during our whole orbit - we haven't seen a sunset for over 3 days,” he wrote.

Tim Peake tried on his spacesuit and checked for leaks ahead of his return to Earth.

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."

Peake took this image of the Aurora Australis from the International Space Station.

Tim Peake posted this photograph of Patagonia as seen from the International Space Station.

Tim Peake took this photograph of Italy with the caption,"Been some great night passes over Europe recently...I am waving!"

Peake was the second astronaut to run a marathon in space. He finished 26.2 miles in 3:35:21.

Tim Peake took this image of the Milky Way with the caption, "Watching the Milky Way rising over the horizon."

"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.

Tim Peake shared this photo with the caption, "Another great pass over Patagonia and a swirling plankton bloom off the coast."

Astronaut Tim Peake captioned this photo, "Canada's 210 million year old Manicouagan impact crater, marking 1 month to Asteroid Day."

"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.

Tim Peake captioned this picture, "The Pacific "Ring of Fire" clear to see amongst the volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia."

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is shown here including artificial archipelagos, Palm Jebel Ali, left, Palm Jumeirah, and The World.

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.

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."

"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.

Tim Peake captioned this photo, "There are a few moments each time we cross the terminator when all we see is this - magical!"