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Today marks the day when Scott Kelly returned to Earth along his two crewmates after a year spent atop the International Space Station. One of the three is none other than astronaut Scott Kelly, the one who is currently holding the world record for the longest time spent in outer space (summing up about 530 days), after a nearly year-long experiment.

340 days devoted to living on the ISS with the sole purpose of research, discovery and the betterment of humanity. Scott Kelly represents a key in all of the above as his personal experience will serve our species advance and understand how our kind can survive the harsh conditions of space. Because Kelly has a biologically identical twin brother back on Earth, scientists can thoroughly study the way exposure to prolonged time spent away from the conditions of our planet can physically and psychologically alter humans.

Scott Kelly has been a vital key to raising awareness regarding the prospect of humanity in space. He became more than just a symbol or a mere name in a hall of fame thanks to his courageous mission. He became a symbol to hundreds of thousands because all along his journey, he never ceased staying in contact with planet Earth. His Twitter account is filled with daily photos taken from the ISS of our planet, our moon and the great black void that surrounds us. Kelly even did an entire Reddit AMA as well as a Tumblr series of Q&As for his fans back on Earth.

After loading into the Soyuz TMA-18M descent module, Scott Kelly and his two crewmates departed from the ISS and began their journey back home. The space capsule descended through the stratosphere and landed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday night. His reaction to coming back on Earth after so long, as he was being pulled up by medical staff in order to make sure he is alright was priceless. “The air feels great out here, I have no idea why you guys are all bundled up”, followed by pumping his fist victoriously.

While a year in space has undoubtedly been harsh and challenging, his next few months will hardly be a breeze. After 340 days spent in a no-gravity environment, away from all the things that a human being is used to and needs to thrive from a biological perspective, Scott Kelly will have to undergo intensive recovery treatments. Right after researchers perform the study on him and his twin brother who has remained on Earth this entire time.

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Scott Kelly’s Year in space will be completed soon, in just several days from now. March 1^st 2016 marks the day when astronaut and engineer and retired U.S. Navy Captain Scott Kelly will return to the surface of the Earth, after having spent 340 days on the International Space Station in one go. While Scott Kelly is not the first or the only astronaut to spend such a long time in outer space, but currently holds the record for the most overall time spent – 520 days.

Scott Kelly made an impression on the hearts of many back on Earth, not to mention the fact that he is centric to an experiment that involves his identical twin brother, which hopes to determine the physical and psychological changes that astronauts undergo while in outer space.

To the fans and people back on Earth, he has been an inspiration to say the least and communicated more than anyone would have ever expected from him. By using various social media platforms such as Twitter or Tumblr, Scott Kelly kept in touch with the thousands of people following his year-long story spent on the International Space Station. Whether it was the breathtaking photos he would take of amazing looking sunrises as they are seen from space, the aurora borealis or the night-lit cities of our planet, Kelly continued to post at least a photo a day from the ISS, more than 200 miles above the planet’s surface.

On Tumblr, he took nearly an entire day to answer question coming from numerous people following him about what life in space is really like. Between joking about how he’ll be taller than his brother when he comes back and realizing how he has grown fond of the space station, a fact that makes him feel like he will miss the ISS, Scott Kelly says he will welcome the return to Earth.

His press atop the International Space Station has meant a lot more than it would seem, the experiment that him and his brother are part of only being one of many. All of the studies and experiments run on board of the ISS are preliminary steps that mankind needs to take in preparation of a manned expedition to Mars, the Red Planet. On top of studying how the human body fares when exposed to life in outer space for a prolonged amount of time, the astronauts on the ISS also studied methods of crop growing while in space, for example.

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Scott Kelly Returned to Earth Smiling After a Year in Space

Scott Kelly’s Year in Space Will Be Completed Soon

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