ISS commander Scott Kelly has entered the record books by spending the most cumulative days in space for any U.S. astronaut.
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As the only twins who are NASA astronauts, the Kelly are also the subject of a study about two individuals who have the same genetics, but who will be in different environments for a year.
Scientists at NASA see Kelly and Kornienko’s mission as an integral part of the much-anticipated Mars mission. Gennady Padalka, Kelly’s former crewmate cosmonaut, is the first person who spent the most time in space.
NASA will also be testing out its powerful new systems such as the Space Launch System rocket and Solar Electric Propulsion, which would be used for sending supplies to the team, and also for long space travel. Making such kinds of new records is of paramount importance to the space agency – because each additional day spent in space is helping NASA better understand how long-duration spaceflight affects both the mind and body – a critical piece of information for a few of the future deep space exploration plans. At the conclusion of his most recent mission, Padalka had lived in space for a cumulative total of 879 days. Similar experiment was performed by NASA astronaut Terry Virts in July, in which tTrry inserted an effervescent tablet into a ball of water to observe it dissolve and release gases inside the water and into the air.
The camera’s ability to record at a high resolution as well as up to 300 frames per second made it the ideal recording device to capture dynamic events like vehicle operations near the station, such as docking and undocking.
He then injects a drop of blue food dye into it, before adding a few red dye, which turns the water green. “And it tasted great”, said Kelly.
29, the 216th day of his current mission.
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The feat has come just before the 15th anniversary of continuous human presence on the worldwide Space Station (ISS).
