CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: 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 that began last March and was deemed a steppingstone to Mars. It was a triumphant homecoming for Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko after 340 days in space. They checked out of the space station 3{ hours earlier. As their Soyuz undocked, calls of “Godspeed” filled the Twitterverse. The pair traveled 144 million miles through space, circled the world…
Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in space
