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Yearlong journey of Scott Kelly in Space in 10 amazing pictures
The mission started in March 2015 and ended in February 2016.
Here are the ten most amazing …
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What it's REALLY like to be a NASA astronaut living in space for a year
If the men succeed in their mission to discover how a long-term, low-gravity environment affects th…
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Astronaut Scott Kelly is about to return home after his record-shattering stay in space - here's how to watch live
Kelly's return marks an important milestone in NASA's One-Year-Mission, dedicated to studying the h…
Jessica Orwig
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A person who's living in space for a year took these astounding photos
Along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Kelly is about six months into a year-long mission …
Kelly Dickerson
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Two astronauts are about to launch on a crazy mission that will change how we understand space life - here's how to watch live
When the group climbs, or rather floats, aboard the ISS, it will mark the beginning of a historic o…
Jessica Orwig
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What it's like to live in space
Astronaut is not a profession where you get to go home at the end of the day though. One ticket fro…
Kelly Dickerson
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Touchdown! Astronaut Scott Kelly safely returns to Earth after a year in space
At 11:10 p.m. ET, the parachutes deployed. The Soyuz went from traveling about 755 f…
Rebecca Harrington
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NASA is about to conduct the most complex experiment on the ISS for their historic one-year mission
"Even though it's only two crew members, it really gives us our first glimpse at what happens from …
Jessica Orwig
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Take a virtual tour of the International Space Station
Kelly and Kornienko are participating in the ISS's One Year Mission to study the effects of life in…
Dan Turkel
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Docking with the International Space Station is so insanely complicated it's a wonder we ever get it right
Instead, they transfer from a lower circular orbit to a higher circular orbit by completing what is…
Jessica Orwig
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NASA is about to start a year-long experiment on the first twin astronauts in history
Before retiring in June 2011, Mark Kelly completed four spaceflight missions, spending a total of a…
Jessica Orwig
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Obama Tells Astronaut Heading For Year In Space: 'Make Sure To Instagram It'
While Kelly is in space, his identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, will participate in a NASA study d…
Hunter Walker
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10 things scientists are doing right now so humans can inhabit Mars
Humans are not used to such confined environments, where they would seldom leave (and when they did…
Jessica Orwig
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The NASA astronaut whose DNA changed after a year in space talks about his underachieving childhood, his identical twin and fellow astronaut brother, and how leaving Earth changes people for the better
And one of the things they learned is that a lot of people think that to be a scientist or to work …