How a year in orbit prepares humans for the journey to Mars
In short: Commander Scott Kelly discusses the vital biomedical data gathered during his year-long mission aboard the International Space Station, a study essential for planning future human missions to Mars.
During his final in-flight event on February 25, NASA's Scott Kelly addressed the significance of his extended stay on the International Space Station. Alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Kelly has spent a year studying how weightlessness affects the human body over long durations. This research is intended to provide the foundational biomedical data required to formulate safe human missions to Mars. As the mission concludes, Kelly, Kornienko, and Sergey Volkov prepare to return to Earth via the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft, with a planned landing in the south-central Kazakhstan steppe on March 1.
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