Scott Kelly spent a year in space. What happened to his body?
When astronaut Scott Kelly landed in the frigid Kazakhstan plains on March 2, 2016, a team of responders pulled Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts from the charred capsule and carried them to chairs, set out in the crisp morning air. After nearly a year in space, Kelly looked pale but appeared alright, joking about the weather with the crew and media.
Three years later — after scrutinizing Kelly's blood, arteries, genes, eyes, bones, and gut bacteria in the aftermath of the historic venture in space — a team of over 80 scientists has released a sweeping analysis of how Kelly's body changed and what returned to normal after the now-retired 55-year-old astronaut returned to Earth. Dubbed the "NASA Twin Study," the research published Thursday in the journal Science compared Scott Kelly's biological changes to that of his identical twin, Mark Kelly, who spent that year grounded on Earth. Read more...
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