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British astronaut Tim Peake boards International Space Station

British astronaut Tim Peake and two colleagues have been welcomed aboard the International Space Station after a six-hour journey from Kazakhstan.

No Brit has undertaken such a mission - or even left Earth - in more than two decades.

Mr Peake will be onboard the ISS for six months.

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Briton Tim Peake arrives on International Space Station

British astronaut Tim Peake and two colleagues have been welcomed aboard the International Space Station.

Their arrival followed a six-hour journey after blasting off from Kazakhstan.

ITV News correspondent Dan Rivers reports on a "spectacular" day.

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