First Astronaut on Yearlong ISS Mission Reveals Commemorative Patch Scott Kelly is seven months and 15 days from becoming the first NASA astronaut to spend a year in space. Well, maybe not a full year, at least based on the currently published schedules. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Misha Kornienko are slated to launch to the International Space Station on March 28, 2015 for the first yearlong expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory. They are scheduled to return to Earth 346 days later – 19 days shy of an entire year — on March 7, 2016. SEE ALSO: Commemorative Expedition One-Year Mission Patch I made a deal with the station program, theyll extend that to make it a whole year, but that doesnt show up on paper yet, Kelly told collectSPACE in a recent interview. It better be [a full year], although I could be regretting that when March 7 rolls around and I think I could be home. Read more... More about Nasa, Year, Mission, Iss, and Us World #socialmedia
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 02:42:59 +0000
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