Scott Kelly snapped this selfie over the Bahamas. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Auroras. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly The blues of the Bahamas. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Moa, Cuba. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Dunes of Africa. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly "This lake northeast of the Himalayas appears to be the bluest place on Earth." Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Sunrise, shared on leap day: February 29. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Australia. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Kelly at work in the station's cupola module. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Marking President's Day aboard the station. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Philadelphia. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly New Orleans. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly A frozen Himalayan lake. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly The moon, as seen from the station. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Iran. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Chicago. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Hurricane Joaquin churns over the Bahamas. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Ships in line at the Suez Canal. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Las Vegas at night. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly African dunes. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Paris. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Barcelona at night. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly North African farming. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly African colors. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Mt. Fuji, Japan. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Subtropical Storm Ana churns off the East Coast. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Costa Del Sol and the French Riviera. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Patagonia. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Plowed snow. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly New York City. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly Which way is up? Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly More colors of Africa. Photo via Twitter / @StationCDRKelly CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Space superman Scott Kelly's yearlong mission is one for the NASA history books.
The NASA astronaut has been living at the International Space Station since last March. By the time he lands in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, he will have spent 340 consecutive days in space, a U.S. record.
Kelly will have completed 5,440 laps around the planet. Logged 143.8 million miles. Welcomed nine visiting spacecraft. Shared the place with 14 other humans, including his roommate for the long haul, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, also returning to Earth.
He drank nearly 200 gallons of recycled urine and sweat, collected from himself and everyone else on board.
He snapped hundreds of breathtaking pictures of the home planet and posted them on Instagram and Twitter as @StationCDRKelly, not to be confused with ShuttleCDRKelly, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, his identical twin. The brothers have taken part in an unprecedented twins study over the past year.
The 52-year-olds say they're proud to have served as guinea pigs for future Mars expeditions. For NASA, getting astronauts to Mars in 20 years is what this yearlong mission is all about.'
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