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Finally Returning Home After Spending 340 Days In Space

February 26, 2016 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly prepares to return home.

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly prepares to return home, after spending 340 days in space.

On Tuesday, March 1, US astronaut Scott Kelly is finally returning home, after spending 340 days in space. He traveled 144 million miles around the Earth. He performed 400 experiments. He posted 700 mesmerizing photos to Instagram.

Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American astronaut, engineer and a retired U.S. Navy Captain. A veteran of three previous missions, Kelly was selected for this special year-long to the International Space Station, which began in March 2015.

Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expedition 26. Kelly’s identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is a former astronaut. The Kelly brothers are the only siblings to have traveled in space.

Also, Kelly was featured on the cover of Time Magazine’s December 2014/January 2015 Issue and was included in one of Time’s Top 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2016. During the January 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama recognized Kelly, who was in the audience, for his upcoming Year In Space mission.

Now, he returns to Earth after nearly a year in orbit aboard the ISS. High on his to-do list when he gets back: jumping into his pool and dining at a real table.

However, he stated that he could hold out another year in the “harsh environment” of space – where nothing ever feels normal – if he had to.

Yeah, I could go another 100 days. I could go another year if I had to. It would just depend on what I was doing and if it made sense, although I do look forward to getting home here next week.

Kelly assured reporters Thursday in a video news conference from orbit.

Going without running water for a year has made hygiene difficult, Kelly acknowledged: ‘It’s kind of like I’ve been in the woods camping for a year.’ But the hardest part of all, he said, is being separated from his loved ones, a situation that will pose even more of a challenge for astronauts sent to Mars.

Kelly took questions on Day 335 of what already is NASA’s longest single spaceflight. By the time Kelly checks out Tuesday and rides a Russian capsule to a landing in Kazakhstan, his mission will have lasted 340 days.

The world record for a single spaceflight is 438 days, set by a Russian cosmonaut in the 1990s. Even that will pale in comparison to a Mars expedition, expected to last two to three years round trip.

Scientists hope to learn much from Kelly’s mission to pave the way to Mars in two decades. They will also collect data from his Russian roommate for the year, Mikhail Kornienko.

On the other hand, Kelly will undergo a battery of medical and physical tests at the landing site. He will then be hustled home to Houston for more tests and weeks if not months of rehabilitation to recover from the punishing effects of an extended stay in zero gravity, including degraded vision and the loss of bone and muscle.

Awaiting his arrival in Houston will be his two daughters, his girlfriend, who works in public affairs at Johnson Space Center, and his identical twin, former astronaut Mark Kelly.

The brothers have submitted to similar medical tests for more than a year and will keep it up in the months ahead. NASA hopes the research on the genetically identical brothers will illuminate some of the more extreme effects of weightlessness on the body.

The Kellys talked often during the mission, more than they did before the flight, in fact. The 250-mile-high outpost has an Internet phone capable of calling anyone. Mission Control also arranges regular video conferences between astronauts and their families.

Scott Kelly said he was more anxious to return home following his last space station stint five years ago, which lasted 159 days. That was because of the assassination attempt two months earlier on his congresswoman sister-in-law, Gabrielle Giffords, Mark’s wife.

This time, Kelly said, he didn’t focus on the end of his mission but rather on each upcoming milestone: the arrival of supplies and crews, major experiments, spacewalks, maintenance tasks. Even so, he said, events from last summer or fall seem like forever ago.

On another note, the astronaut lightened things up recently by donning a gorilla suit – a gag gift from Mark – and cavorting through the station while the cameras rolled.

All in all, the next milestone in Scott’s journey is coming home, as he affirmed in the news conference. He ended the conference with a slow-motion backflip, undoubtedly one of the pluses of space.

Image Source: nasa.gov.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: 340 days in space, astronaut Scott Kelly, gorilla suit, International Space Station, ISS, Mark Kelly, nasa, NASA's longest single spaceflight, Scott Kelly, space, spacecraft, The Kelly brothers

Transmitting From Space: ‘The Earth Looks Sick And Very, Very Fragile’

February 12, 2016 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

Scott Kelly has been in orbit longer than anyone in American history.

Astronaut Scott Kelly has been in orbit longer than anyone in American history.

American astronaut Scott Kelly is transmitting from space: ‘The Earth looks sick and very, very fragile’. In one of his final interviews from the International Space Station, the astronaut commented on the home planet’s atmosphere from aboard the ISS and it sure didn’t sound very good.

Many of you may have read books and seen many movies about space. It’s quite a popular topic. But what about what happens in real life? Well, flying in space isn’t just for science fiction characters. It’s a real job. Real people can apply for it and one of those people who share a special passion for space for a long time, is called Scott Kelly.

Scott is currently in his 501st day in space over six different missions and the 321st day of his one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He has now been in space longer than any other U.S. astronaut. He is expected to return home in March.

Until his long-awaited return, Scott spoke recently with CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta via satellite. During his time at the space station, Kelly has remained active on social media and often shares his unique perspective of the planet by posting photos.

Day 321. Beautiful #Earth. Beautiful #Africa. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/wmDjH28zej

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) February 12, 2016

Because of his spectacularly encompassing vantage point, Gupta asked Kelly how he would define the Earth’s condition if it were a human body.

There are definitely parts of Asia, Central America that when you look at them from space, you’re always looking through a haze of pollution.

the astronaut declared. He also added that, as far as the atmosphere is concerned and as far as being able to see the surface, the areas mentioned above definitely looked sick. He stated, in the same declaration, that he noticed weather systems, such as tropical cyclones, in unexpected locations.

Besides expressing his concern regarding the Earth’s safety, there is something more to the astronaut’s story. Part of Scott’s current mission includes conducting a twin health study.

The study is comparing the mental and physical toll on Kelly’s body in space with his twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who lives on Earth. The medical tests are measuring the impact of zero gravity on bone density, vision, blood, heart and cells, as well as the psychological impact on mood, stress and cognitive functions.

Kelly confessed that he is doing well, although he feels like he’s been up in space for a really long time and looks forward to getting home soon.

In short, there is nothing to be alarmed about. Kelly finally spoke of how being in space was an amazing experience and that there was indeed a possibility of alien life out there somewhere.

Image Source: nasa.gov.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: American astronaut, astronaut, CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Earth, Earth's atmosphere, ISS, news, planet Earth, Scott Kelly, space, space station, space transmission, twin health study, twin study

Watch Out, Planet Earth – An Asteroid Is About To Pass Close By

February 4, 2016 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

'Hello there, Earth'

‘Oh… I just wanted to say hello. I’m not staying.’

’Watch out, planet Earth – an asteroid is about to pass close by’ – this is how the experts’ warning would sound like. According to NASA, there is this small asteroid is expected to fly past the Earth during the first week of March. 

The asteroid (as long as a basketball court) is called asteroid 2013 TX68. Two years ago, it flew past Earth at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million miles (2 million kilometers) and who now will fly by our planet again in a few weeks. The difference between the last time and this time is that this time it may be much closer.

So close and yet so far.

The predicted range of distance at which the asteroid will go by is very wide, due to the short tracking time of it, which provided limited information for making future tracking predictions.

 It could come as close as 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) — less than 5 percent of the distance from Earth to the moon — or stay up to 9 million miles (14.5 million km) away during the flyby. 

NASA officials said.

On the other hand, scientists that are interested in the case, hope that the asteroid will be close enough to track more thoroughly during its next flyby, for the purposes of adding extra data to the study and to predict the asteroid’s future path.

Graphic indicating the possible locations asteroid 2013 will be in.

Graphic indicating the possible locations asteroid 2013 will be in at the time of its closest approach to Earth on March 5.

Experts believe that if an object as big as asteroid 2013 TX68 were to penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere, it would generate an air burst that is twice as powerful as the one produced during the meteor crash in Chelyabinsk.

Despite the expected close flyby of 2013 TX68 on March 5, there is no danger that the asteroid will collide with Earth on this pass, researchers said. However, there is an extremely slight chance — less than 1 in 250 million — of an impact on Sept. 28, 2017, and even lower odds during flybys in 2046 and 2097.

The possibilities of collision on any of the three future flyby dates are far too small to be of any real concern.

CNEOS manager Paul Chodas declared. He also added that he fully expects any future observations to reduce this probability even more.

As a conclusion, it is not as bad as it looks. But as you lay down in bed on March 5, think of the rocky body that is about to fly past the Earth – it should suddenly make you feel small.

Image Source: yournewswire.com; www.space.com. 

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: asteroid, asteroid 2013 TX68, Asteroids, Chelyabinsk, CNEOS, Earth, flyby, nasa, Paul Chodas, space, warning

NASA’s Satellite Spotted Intense Lights on Earth During Holidays.

December 21, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

lights during festivals

Recently, researchers of NASA reported that in majority of the countries lights are more intense during holiday season.

Experts carefully analyzed the daily data of Suomi NPP Satellite for the study.

The data shows that the lights shine up to 20 percent brighter in the United States at New Year season, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas season.

Normally, it is considered as a norm of Christians to decorate their gardens and lawns with lights for the celebration of Christmas. Moreover, the family dinners and late night parties are also the reason of the extra usage of lights in festivals. In a nutshell, the ratio of lightning in holidays is comparatively higher than the normal usage of electricity in the US.

Miguel Roman, the co author of the report informs that everyone know that America is the centre of cultural and religious mixtures. However, the increase in lightening at the time of festivals is pretty evident in all the states of US. Most of the intense lights are spotted at the Southern part of the country. The snow on the grounds is the chief reason behind more reflection of light in Southern region.

In comparison, the Eastern countries illuminate approximately 50 percent brighter in the Ramadan season.

Generally, it is a tradition in almost every country to switch on more lights in festivals. Sadly, a single day of increase in the utilization of energy can have a negative impact on the overall power consumption.  The rise in the usage of energy was so prominent that NASA even detected it from Space.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: lights, nasa, Satellite Images, Southern Region, space, Suomi NPP, United States

NASA to Organize Huge Event for Mars Comet Fly Next Week

October 12, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

nasa-preparing-space-craft-for-mars

NASA has come up with an unique way to get the public involved in their space adventures. This time the agency is allowing people to send their names via a microchip that will be blasted into space aboard the Orion spacecraft’s maiden flight.

On Dec. 4 the craft will launch with the name designation of Exploration Flight Test-1. It will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will orbit Earth for 4.5 hours then splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. After recovery of the craft, participants will have their data re-launched on future flights especially to Mars and other celestial targets.

This is part of bringing the public into the picture. Exciting the space program and making a play for a better humanity. This craft, the Orion, is designed to carry astronauts and perhaps civilians one day to Mars and the asteroid belt.

So far over 267,000 people have signed up with hopes of being those rare few people to be launched into space. Last year the Dutch company known as Mars One has been looking for volunteers to go to Mars in 2022. The catch is there is no way to return to Earth but tens of thousands of applicants have filed for the ride anyway.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: big event, Graffiti, Mars, mars comet, nasa, next week, space

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