ISS year-long mission

ISS year-long mission
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration340d 8h 43m
Orbits completed5,356 [1]
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
BeganMarch 27, 2015, 19:42 (2015-03-27UTC19:42Z) UTC
EndedMarch 2, 2016, 04:25 (2016-03-02UTC04:26Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-16M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-18M
Crew
Crew size2
Members
EVAs4
EVA duration23h54m

Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko

The ISS year-long mission , also called the One-Year Mission, was an 11-month-long scientific research project aboard the International Space Station, which studied the health effects of long-term spaceflight.[2]

The NASA Twins Study was conducted. Astronaut Scott Kelly is selected for the mission with his identical twin, Mark Kelly, on earth as control group. Scott spent 340 days in space for the experiment. The result demonstrated several long-lasting changes, including those related to alterations in DNA and cognition.[3][4]

  1. ^ Spacefacts
  2. ^ Jeffrey Kluger (18 Dec 2014). "Meet the Twins Unlocking the Secrets of Space: NASA's One-Year Mission with Mark and Scott Kelly". Time. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  3. ^ Zimmer, Carl (12 April 2019). "Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same - NASA scientists compared the astronaut to his earthbound twin, Mark. The results hint at what humans will have to endure on long journeys through space". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ Garrett-Bakeman, Francine E.; et al. (12 April 2019). "The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight". Science. 364 (6436): eaau8650. Bibcode:2019Sci...364.8650G. doi:10.1126/science.aau8650. PMC 7580864. PMID 30975860.

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