Scott Kelly Year In Space
Few people know this better than scott kelly the nasa astronaut who spent nearly a year on the international space station from 2015 to 2016.
Scott kelly year in space. Kelly s first spaceflight was as pilot of space shuttle discovery during sts 103 in december 1999. 11 am for almost one year nasa astronaut scott kelly circled the planet on the international space station completing three spacewalks conducting experiments on plants and playing ping pong with. When astronaut scott kelly landed in the frigid kazakhstan plains on march 2 2016 a team of responders pulled kelly and two russian cosmonauts from the charred capsule and carried them to chairs.
The high flying experiment took place from march 27 2015 to march. A year in space astronaut scott kelly is sent off into space for one year to test the impact of space travel on the human body. A year in space follows astronaut scott kelly s 12 month mission on the international space station from launch to landing as nasa charts the effects of long duration spaceflight by comparing him.