The 52-year-old Kelly began his career in 1996 at NASA and has an American record to his name by spending the most time in space.
“The year in space a profound challenge to everyone who was involved. It gave me a unique perspective and a lot of time to think about what my next step will be in our onward journey to advance the possibilities in space and on earth, “says Kelly in a comment.
Together with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko Kelly earlier this month, landed safely on earth, after he had remained for nearly a year in the International Space Station. That’s the longest stay at the station ever. Other astronauts, including André Kuipers remained there about six months
Video: Astronaut Scott Kelly stops
video: Astronaut Scott Kelly stops
Preparation
the mission of Kelly and Kornienko was clear what happens to the body and mind if someone is long in space. It should help in preparing for a trip to Mars. Kelly himself was the toughest of his long stay in space, he was separated for so long from his family and friends
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Discovery
in all, Kelly was four times the space for NASA. The first time was in 1999, the space shuttle Discovery on a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Also stayed Kelly before he sharpened the record, already 159 days on the ISS.
The former record was held by former astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, who spent 215 days on the space station in 2007.
NASA says Kelly after his retirement the research he did into space by stays put for ruimtevaartorganisatie.
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