Highlights of Tim Peake's historic journey to space station

UK astronaut Tim Peake has boarded the International Space Station, which will be his home for the next six months.

Mr Peake and fellow crew members, Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American Tim Kopra, floated through the hatch from their Soyuz space capsule to be greeted by the resident ISS astronauts.

He has spent six years training to become the first professional British astronaut to be employed by the European Space Agency.

BBC News brings the highlights of Tuesday's events from rocket lift-off to boarding the space station.