The view from astronaut Scott Kelly's new home 200 miles above Earth

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting comfortable on the International Space Station, a satellite more than 200 miles above Earth where he will be spending the next year.

Kelly, alongside Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka,launched to the ISS on March 27.

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Just over a week later, he tweeted this breathtaking view from his new home on Saturday:

Good morning #Texas from the #ISS. Looks like #Houston and #Austin have some #weather headed your way#YearInSpace http://ift.tt/1NPlgjX

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) April 4, 2015 Read more...

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