Astronaut Scott Kelly's record-breaking year in space -- from launch to landing.
#1 | 03/02/2016Leaving Home
Astronaut Scott Kelly says goodbye to family and friends as he leaves to become the first American to spend a year in space.
#2 | 03/09/2016Unlikely Allies
Before leaving Earth, astronaut Scott Kelly heads to a once secret space center outside Moscow that is now the scene of an unprecedented collaboration between former enemies.
#3 | 03/16/2016Quarantine
Scott Kelly begins his long separation from the rest of humanity well before he leaves Earth, as he and his crewmates enter the curious world of pre-flight quarantine
#4 | 03/23/2016Launch
The final hours on Earth are a series of rituals—both technological and personal—as the clock ticks down and the engines ignite.
#5 | 03/30/2016Welcome Aboard
Watch NASA astronaut Scott Kelly board the International Space Station and adjust to life in space.
#6 | 04/06/2016Perseverance
Danger lurks both on the ground and in orbit as the crew deals with exploding supply rockets and incoming space debris.
#7 | 04/13/2016A Walk In The Abyss
Fixing the space station can mean venturing outside—no easy feat 250 miles away from Earth.
#8 | 04/20/2016Connectivity
So much rides on the slender thread that connects astronauts in space to family on Earth.
#9 | 04/27/2016Last Days In Space
Packing to leave can be bittersweet after a year in space.
#10 | 05/04/2016Ride Of A Lifetime
Returning from the ISS is a wild, scary, violent ride—but it’s the only way home.
#11 | 05/11/2016Gravity
By air and land, rescue vehicles converge in the Kazakh steppe to catch three men falling from space.
#12 | 05/18/2016Welcome Home
After a year in space, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko reunite with their families and begin the long, painful process of readjusting to life on Earth.