Tag: A Year in Space
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Thumbs up! Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after year in space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly flashes two thumbs-up signs after his return to Earth from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) Capping off a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly breathed earthly air for the first time in 340 days today after a successful, safe trip from the International Space Station to the steppes of Kazakhstan.…
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly answers questions from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American in history, but he says he could stay in space for double that time. “I could go another 100 days. I could go…
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Ape … in … space! Watch Scott Kelly’s primo prank on International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly floats through the International Space Station in a gorilla suit. (Credit: NASA) Leave it to Scott Kelly, NASA’s record-holder for longest continuous time spent in space, to go big and go home: While winding down nearly a year in orbit, he donned an ape suit to terrorize a crewmate on the…
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The Year in Aerospace: New horizons in 2015, from drones to dwarf planets
The heart-shaped area that’s prominent in this New Horizons picture of Pluto is known as Tombaugh Regio. (Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI) New Horizons is the name of the Pluto mission that reached its climax in 2015, but the name also provides an apt two-word description for the year’s big news in aviation and…