Astronaut Scott Kelley is a month into his year-long stay on the international Space Station.
Scott Kelly is documenting his year-long space odyssey. A month into his mission, Kelly is documenting his journey on Twitter.
Kelly is on the International Space Station for a year. He recently posted a picture of San Francisco while in orbit and shared it on social media.
“#SanFrancisco. I almost felt like I was with you as we flew overhead a few minutes ago. #YearInSpace”, tweeted Kelly.
Kelly is in space for a year, but he’s not alone. He’s also on board with cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, who described life in space.
“The time flies a little slower here,” said Korienko. “But as far as our psychological compatibility, we have been working really hard on the ground to work that out, and we have lots and lots of support. Our psychological success is a given. I’m very sure about our success, and I’m sure we will not have even a modicum of any psychological issues.”
While in orbit, Kelly’s blood, urine, saliva, and stool samples will be studied to see how zero gravity affects his body in space.
“Zero gravity, extreme radiation, small confined spaces and significantly altered diets are all stressors that space travelers experience,” said Professor Brinda Rana of University of California-San Diego. Rana helped Kelly prepare for the year-long space flight.
“Right now, I’m just kind of taking it day by day,” said Kelly. “Maybe a little bit slower pace than I did last time (to keep) my energy level up so I have the appropriate reserves to deal with all these different major activities … and, you know, respond if something happens that we have to work through the night or respond to some kind of emergency situation.”
Kelly hopes his year in space will lead to an even more ambitious trip for the International Space Station- to Mars.
“The amount of work and science up here we can get done in all different kinds of disciplines … is very important,” said Kelly. “Hopefully, the current crews and previous crews and future crews, not just Misha (Kornienko) and myself, will be furthering our goals to put humans on Mars some day.”
