CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey. Their Soyuz capsule parachuted onto the central Asian steppes and ended a science-rich mission at the International Space Station … Continue reading
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One-year spaceman sees mission as ‘steppingstone’ to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As soon as he returns from the International Space Station, NASA’s first and only yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, will try to pop up from a lying position and stand still for three minutes. He’ll take a crack at a mini-obstacle course and attempt to walk a straight line, heel to … Continue reading