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First Findings in From NASA Twin Study

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

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The first results from a years-long study about the effects of prolonged space travel involving celebrated Irish American astronaut twins Mark and Scott Kelly (below, left and right) were released by NASA in January. The study, aptly named the Twins Study, compared biological samples shared by the brothers after Scott’s nearly year-long posting at the International Space … [Read more...] about First Findings in From NASA Twin Study

Scott Kelly Breaks Space Record

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
December / January 2016

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Scott Kelly, 51, an American astronaut and commander of the International Space Station’s Expedition 45 crew, has set the record for the longest time spent in space by an American citizen after reaching 382 cumulative days and counting. The Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka holds the current world record for days in space, clocking 878 days off the earth. Kelly will have … [Read more...] about Scott Kelly Breaks Space Record