NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will blast off for the International Space Station on a yearlong mission in which he'll break the all-time record for the most cumulative time in space for any U.S. astronaut
But the mission is about more than just duration; it will also be a one-of-a-kind study of the human body. Scott's identical twin brother, Mark, who is a retired astronaut, will undergo comparative genetic testing and other medical experiments on Earth while his brother is in space
Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are set to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket at 3:47 p.m. EDT on Friday. This mission will be about double the length of a typical ISS mission. "I'm thinking this is about to get real," Scott Kelly tweeted six days before launch Read more...
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