Kelly, Kornienko Expand Research Base with Year-Long Mission
By Bob Granath
About 50 years after the eight-day Gemini V flight, American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko participated in a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This is twice as long as a typical crew.
Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 27, 2015 aboard Soyuz TMA-16M, Kelly and Kornienko focused on several categories of research.
As members of space station crews for Expeditions 43, 44, 45 and 46, their investigations yielded beneficial knowledge on the medical, psychological and biomedical challenges faced during long-duration spaceflight. Kelly and Kornienko landed in Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016.
Data from their 12-month experience is helping develop better assessments of crew performance and health. The results will aid in determining and validating countermeasures to reduce the risks associated with future exploration as NASA plans for even longer missions around the Moon and ultimately living on Mars.
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