NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who returns next week after almost a year aboard the International Space Station, has said that the secret to enduring the longest US space flight is marking individual milestones, not ticking days off the calendar. In October 2015, Kelly broke the record for total days spent in space by an American astronaut, and his count continues to climb each day.
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At 2 p.m., Scott Kelly will share his personal perspective on the mission and answer questions about his time at the space station.
Kelly will check out of the space station Tuesday, riding a Russian capsule back to Earth with his Russian roommate for the year, Mikhail Kornienko.
After medical checks next week, Kelly said he will go to his Houston home to jump in his pool.
“Yeah, I could go another 100 days”. But Kelly also said that he is physically and psychologically fit and could spend more time on the space station if NASA had so desired. NASA Television will broadcast Kelly’s arrival back on USA soil after a record-setting stay in space for a NASA astronaut. “It would just depend on what I was doing and if it made sense, although I do look forward to getting home here next week”, Kelly told.
Kelly and his brother Mark, who has been part of one-year mission from earth, will be examined after the astronaut returns to earth. In addition to all the research he has participated in to help scientists better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to long-duration spaceflight, Kelly has taken time to make hundreds of stunning photos.
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“Space superman Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission is one for the NASA history books”.
