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Tim Peake: Being back on Earth is like 'world's worst hangover'

British astronaut Tim Peake has said adjusting to life back on Earth is like having the "world's worst hangover".

Major Peake said he felt "pretty terrible" and had suffered with vertigo and dizziness since he returned from the International Space Station.

He added he was beginning to feel better as time passed but said he missed the view from ISS.

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Tim Peake describes arriving back on Earth

British astronaut Tim Peake has said he is "doing good" after a "dynamic" landing back on Earth.

Major Peake went on to explain how it feels for your body to readapt after six months in space, and told how it felt to smell the scents of Earth and feel the breeze on his face again.

Major Peake was speaking after arriving in Karaganda, a major city in Kazakhstan, around 300 miles from where he landed on the steppe with American Nasa astronaut Colonel Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko

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