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Here's what made Reid Wiseman the internet's new favourite astronaut

Here's what made Reid Wiseman the internet's new favourite astronaut

American astronaut Reid Wiseman arrived back on earth this morning after 166 days in space. He had been living on the International Space Station since May with fellow astronauts Макс Сураев and Alexander Gerst.

During his time away from earth, Wiseman become the internet's favourite astronaut since Chris Hadfield thanks to his incredible pictures and vines from space (which were sometimes taken with help from his crewmates). Here is a reminder of why:

His view of the Northern Lights:

Scrap that, his view of everything.

His timelapse vines:

His experiments:

Oh, and did we mention the view?

Reid Wiseman, we salute you.

You can see all of Reid and crew's tweets from the ISS here.

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