New Zealand can be seen in the background of this spectacular shot of a Russian Space craft landing on the International Space Station taken by Tim Peake.

The edge of New Zealand has featured in a spectacular image of a Russian space craft docking with the International Space Station.

With New Zealand about 400km away in the background, British Astronaut Tim Peakes took the photo from the International Space Station (ISS).

The Russian Space Craft Soyuz 46S was in the process of docking at the ISS on Saturday night with more crew members.

Peakes shared the photo on Twitter, misspelling New Zealand saying: "Another pic of Soyuz 46S approaching #ISS over #newzeland "

The Soyuz 46S blasted off from Kazakhstan on Friday carrying two cosmonauts and a veteran NASA astronaut, Spaceflight Now reported.

This boosted the crew on the ISS to six.