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52-year-old American astronaut Scott Kelly worked at the International Space Station (ISS) 340 days. For NASA astronauts is a new record for staying in orbit around the Earth.
Together with Kelly returned from space Russians Mikhail Korniyenko and Sergei Volkov. The capsule landed with them on Wednesday morning in Kazakhstan.
Photographs Kelly
In her free time He took pictures of the planet and is mostly of them is known throughout the world. Sunrises, starry sky or a dramatic view of the hurricane watched millions of people in social media.
These views are our Earth. Something beautiful! See a photo gallery of the cosmos & gt; & gt; & gt;
All the photos Kelly published on his Twitter. This was the last recorded by him sunrise:
– Wow! Really I posted up to 1000 photos? I think I actually spent some time here – wrote a few hours before starting the journey back to Earth.
Soon after, he announced that he is ready to return:
NASA astronaut will return to live. You can follow this event below. The same landing in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 5.25 hour of our time.
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream
What did Kelly in space?
Scott Kelly was commander in chief of the station, conducted numerous experiments. However, the primary purpose of the experiment, in which he took part together with Russian Mikhail Korniyenko (ISS stayed on as long as Kelly), is to explore the psychological and physical effects of long stay in space: the effect of isolation on the physical condition of astronauts, by a decrease possibility of mental and movement, the adverse changes in the muscles, bones or the bacterial flora.
the threat is disorder in the fluid flow, due to the lack of gravity. They can also lead to eye problems, which complained Kelly during the mission.
As part of the experiment, the astronauts performed various tasks, verifying its efficiency. On Earth will be thoroughly screened.
It will be important also how quickly it will take them again to get used to functioning under normal gravity. The challenge may initially be even ordinary walking.
Interesting data can provide a comparison of Scott with his twin brother, Mark, also an astronaut, who spent this year on Earth.
It is also a step towards a manned mission to Mars, which NASA plans for the next decade. By using today’s technology, the same one-way trip will last for at least 9 months.
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at a press conference held last week, Scott Kelly said that physically he feels pretty good and if necessary, he could try to beat the previous record, set by Valery Polyakova in 1994-1995 and totaling 14 months.
long stay in space, however, was a challenge. Kelly talked about loneliness, longing for loved ones, the artificial environment of the space station. – You can not go outside to feel the sun on your face. I never feel the cool breeze. It is always the same – to describe.
Despite the continuous development of technology, living conditions at the station are spartan, especially when it comes to hygiene: among the first things that astronaut wants to do after returning home, it is a jump into the pool.
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