One-year mission underway on This Week @NASA

One-year mis­sion under­way on This Week @NASA



NASA,International Space Station,Expedition 43,Flight Engi­neer Scott Kelly,NASA Administrator,Charlie Bolden,Kelly’s twin,cosmonaut,Mikhail Kornienko,Asteroid mis­sion milestone,LDSD



A few days after his one-year mis­sion to study the effects of long dura­tion space­flight on the human body began aboard the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion, Expe­di­tion 43 Flight Engi­neer Scott Kel­ly was con­grat­u­lat­ed by NASA Admin­is­tra­tor Char­lie Bold­en from Wash­ing­ton DC. Also on the call – Kelly’s twin broth­er and for­mer astro­naut Mark. The pair will be stud­ied dur­ing the mis­sion as part of a sci­ence inves­ti­ga­tion. White House sci­ence advi­sor John Hol­dren also joined the call and echoed the impor­tance of the mis­sion. Kel­ly and Russ­ian cos­mo­naut Mikhail Kornienko will con­duct the one-year research mis­sion through March 2016. Also, Super typhoon seen from space, Aster­oid mis­sion mile­stone, LDSD spin test and Sniff­ing the his­to­ry of the Mar­t­ian atmosphere!



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