After almost a class in space aboard the International Space Station , NASA spaceman Scott Kelly last nightbegan his descentback to Earth along with cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov . You ’ll be pleased to hear they made it back to Earth good and sound .
NASAhas announcedthat the trio shore in Kazakhstan at 11:26pm EST on March 1st — or 10:26am on March 2nd in Kazakhstan time . Despite plump 250 mile at speeds of up to 17,000 mile per hour , the journey place go smoothly .
The safe arrival back on Earth see Kelly go under two American records , having chalk up the most consecutive days in space , at 340 , and most sidereal day in space cumulatively at 520 . Meanwhile Kornienko has racked up 516 solar day in space and Volkov an impressive 548 .
These free burning missions are being used to investigatehow the human body respondsto long - terminal figure sojourn to infinite . That will let in direct comparisons between Scott Kelly and his twin brother , ex - astronaut Mike Kelly .
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