{"id":9303,"date":"2014-11-23T21:31:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T02:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2014-11-24T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T21:29:24","slug":"away-a-year-from-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9303","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Away&#8221; a year from earth [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Granger at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Esquire Magazine<\/a>\u00a0sent me a copy of the\u00a0nicely written article <em><a href=\"http:\/\/premium.esquire.com\/away\" target=\"_d\">Away<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(payment required) by Chris Jones that is in the December print issue. It&#8217;s about\u00a0astronaut <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Kelly_%28astronaut%29\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Kelly<\/a> and his upcoming one year mission on the International Space Station. All previous stays by US astronauts have been for six months or less.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the mission is to study effects on the human body in weightlessness for a mission of a length similar to that of a trip to Mars. After Scott returns to earth, his condition will be compared to that of his twin brother\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Kelly\" target=\"_d\">Mark Kelly<\/a>, a former astronaut himself.<\/p>\n<p>Find more about the program at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/one-year-crew\/#.VHJhlovF98E\" target=\"_d\">One Year Crew &#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/one_year_mission.html#.VHJiuovF98E\" target=\"_d\">The Joint US-Russian One-Year Mission: Establishing International Partnerships and Innovative Collaboration\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Here is another article about the 1 year:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/eye-mars-nasa-putting-its-astronaut-twins-work-180953358\/?no-ist\" target=\"_d\">With An Eye To Mars, NASA is Testing its Astronaut Twins: <em>Scott and Mark Kelly, the only twins to have traveled in space, are embarking on a mission to help NASA prepare for Mars<\/em> &#8211; Smithsonian<\/a>. ]<\/p>\n<p>Here is an interview with Scott Kelly about the mission:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KcAvwEKwScM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Granger at Esquire Magazine\u00a0sent me a copy of the\u00a0nicely written article Away\u00a0(payment required) by Chris Jones that is in the December print issue. It&#8217;s about\u00a0astronaut Scott Kelly and his upcoming one year mission on the International Space Station. All previous stays by US astronauts have been for six months or less. The goal of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9303\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Away&#8221; a year from earth [Update]<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-spaceflight-parabolic-flight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2q3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10215,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10215","url_meta":{"origin":9303,"position":0},"title":"Scott Kelly &#038; Mikhail Kornienko set to leave for 1-year mission on the ISS","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 NASA astronaut\u00a0Scott Kelly\u00a0and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka are heading to the International Space Station this Friday\u00a0on a Soyuz spacecraft:\u00a0One-Year Crew Set for Launch to Space Station; NASA TV to Air Live Coverage -\u00a0NASA While all previous astronaut tours on the station have been limited to less\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living in Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/cnM_ZVvZA_o\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21099,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=21099","url_meta":{"origin":9303,"position":1},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Space to Ground&#8221; ISS report &#8211; Feb.7.2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/_a23CmZgIp8 ** Christina Koch Undocks in Soyuz Crew Ship https:\/\/youtu.be\/cCtiV1CmKuM ** Christina Koch - Space Station Scientist After almost a year in space, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is coming home.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In Space Infrastructure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4905,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4905","url_meta":{"origin":9303,"position":2},"title":"Photos-to-Space: Scott Carpenter Memorial Flight","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Photos To Space, a HobbysSpace sponsor, announces the Scott Carpenter Memorial Flight Send Your Photo To Space In Memory Of A Hero! 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