“To say he’s delivered is a bit of an understatement: Kelly posted about 750 images while in space for 340 days”. “Whether it’s science, or going to a certain destination”.
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“I am confident in saying that it will influence how we understand cancer”, Charles he said. He acknowledged each of the 13 U.S., Russian, European and Japanese space fliers with whom he and Kornienko lived during the past year.
Today is busy for Kelly, who is now the USA record holder for time in space. Muscle soreness is a common complaint among space travelers. Over the course of his three missions to the ISS, Kelly has spent a total of 520 days in space. Scientists also studied the differences between the astronaut and his twin brother, Mark, back on Earth.
While his brother was in orbit, Kelly was providing NASA with his data for the study, including MRIs, ultrasounds, and blood and urine samples. In a video provided by NASA, Kelly looked to be in good shape upon arrival and in a press conference afterward. “He’s got a better tan”, he quipped.
After a record stay in space, astronaut Scott Kelly grew 1.5 inches due to a lack of gravity.
Besides being his brother’s counterpart in the Twin Study, Mark Kelly also provided moral support for his spacefaring brother.
“But definitely, throwing things, you tend to underestimate the effects of gravity”.
Kelly answered questions in the news conference about the first food he ate upon return-a banana-and the one place in the world he wants to visit now that he’s seen it from a new perspective-a remote collection of lakes north of the Himalayas. It took him a full day to get back home from Kazakhstan to Houston. “I do believe we have an impact on that [the health of the environment], and we do have the ability to change it if we make the decision to”.
As he relinquished command of the space station Monday, Kelly noted that he and Kornienko “have been up here for a really, really long time” and have been jokingly telling one another, “We did it!” and “We made it!”
He reiterated this message Friday.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2014 said that NASA’s current plans for getting humans to Mars in the 2030s are unrealistic, according to Pasadena, Calif.-based Planetary Society, an advocacy organization that backs the goal of going to Mars above all else. “The first people that go there, that will be a big motivation, to be the first people that go to Mars”. A Mars mission is expected to last two and a half years. Radiation will be a top challenge, along with the body and mind’s durability on what will be a 2½-year journey round trip.
“What a ride he took us on!” fellow astronaut Reid Wiseman said in a tweet from Houston.
“I think coming back to gravity is harder than leaving gravity”, he said.
Kelly said he felt aches and had extremely sensitive skin, but so far his balance has felt mostly decent.
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“We have so many talented people in our office, there’s no reason to fly me again”, he said, adding that he’ll never completely retire from space because of the opportunities in the private sector.
