Zero-gravity fun on the ISS prior to returning home (video)

Before returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts had a little fun with zero-gravity.

After six months on the International Space Station, astronauts decided to ham it up for the camera before undocking the ship ready to return to Earth.

All six astronauts performed a display of zero-gravity poses, spinning each other around and performing somersaults in the ISS laboratory, with much hilarity.

NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Invanishvin and Anton Shkaplerov have completed their mission on the International Space Station and left for home at 08:18 GMT... read full article and view video.

Photos released of US soldiers posing with Afghan body parts

A U.S. soldier has released photos of soldiers posing with Afghan body parts. He released them to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to the breakdown in leadership and discipline in the U.S. Army.

In yet another example of a series of severe breaches of discipline by U.S. troops, which has dangerously undermined the U.S. position with the Afghan people, a U.S. soldier, on condition of anonymity, has released 18 photos to the Los Angeles Times.

The soldier served in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne's 4th Brigade Combat Team from Ft. Bragg, N.C. He feels the photos show a breakdown in discipline and leadership and that this compromises the safety of U.S. troops.

He hopes that publication of these photos will ensure that security shortcomings at 2 U.S. bases in Afghanistan in 2010 will not be repeated... read full story and view video.