Guides and Explorer Scouts from Keighley touched down in the UK again on Wednesday after a space-themed visit to Russia.

The group of eight young people travelled to Korolev, near Moscow, to document the 11th International Space Olympics and learn about Russia's history of space exploration.

Accompanied by a team of organisers and leaders, the party spent a busy week visiting Moscow's most famous attractions, including the Kremlin and Russia's space programme mission control centre. There they met and interviewed Alex Martynov, a controller who worked on the MIR space station.

The Keighley group found day to day life in Russia very different to that in Britain.

Guide Rebecca Olsson said: "If you look at the culture, it's about 20 years behind -- the music when we went to the disco, the clothes, the cars."

The difference in currency strength was a welcome surprise though with a ballet trip to the Kremlin costing around £4.

Other shocks came at mealtimes with fish soup and fried cabbage featuring heavily on the menu.

One of the visit's main events was the opening ceremony of the Space Olympics.

The annual games involve teams from different countries competing in exams and exercises designed to test their science and technology expertise.

The event was documented with the help of Ian Jones, of Orbit Research, who filmed the trip.

Establishing communications with Russia was a key aim of the project and an international satellite link to the UK has now been established.

A visit to Keighley for Mr Martynov and a fellow cosmonaut has also been planned for before Christmas.

Project co-ordinator Mark Curtis said: "We have had a great time and I think it will take some time to take in.

"Everybody wants to go back again!"