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…
Source: Dutch Caribbean News Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in space
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