Preparing for a year in orbit: the mission to study long-term space travel
In short: NASA and Roscosmos are readying the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft for a historic mission. Three crew members are set to launch toward the International Space Station, where two of them will remain for a full year to investigate how extended time in space affects the human body.
The mission, designated Expedition 43, features Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko, and NASA Flight Engineer Scott Kelly. The crew's spacecraft was mated to its booster rocket on March 24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The launch is scheduled for March 27 in U.S. time, corresponding to March 28 in Kazakhstan. Once aboard the International Space Station, Kelly and Kornienko will focus their research on the physiological impacts of long-duration spaceflight, providing critical data for future deep-space exploration.
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