Windows on Earth

March 1, 2016 10:42 AM

Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted 1,000 photos during his year in space.
posted by roomthreeseventeen (13 comments total)

I'm looking forward to seeing how he does back on Earth. I get sore getting out of bed in the morning.

I know he's not the first human to spend that long in space but I expect we'll learn a whole lot from his experience. He has a twin brother (also an Astronaut) that is sort of acting as a control subject back on Earth.

I'll miss his tweets from the ISS.
posted by bondcliff at 11:20 AM on March 1, 2016 [3 favorites]

This is awesome, thanks.
posted by PHINC at 11:41 AM on March 1, 2016

I love his instagram. Always cheer me up that we have all this wonder on our planet.
posted by numaner at 11:50 AM on March 1, 2016

Great stuff. I wish the search/geotagging were better but I still managed to find my house in this shot.
posted by exogenous at 1:38 PM on March 1, 2016

He's set to land tonight at 11:30pm EST, on Russia.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:41 PM on March 1, 2016 [1 favorite]

NASA TV is covering the undocking and trip home if anyone wants to watch. I hope someone on the ground will present him with bouquet of zinnias when he gets back.
posted by Beti at 4:41 PM on March 1, 2016

He has a twin brother (also an Astronaut) that is sort of acting as a control subject back on Earth.

NASA researchers must have done a jig when they realized they could have such a perfect experiment set up. As a glasses wearer, I'm very curious to hear about his eyesight changes. Especially whether it is permanent or whether it might get better over time back in full Earth gravity.
posted by Beti at 4:45 PM on March 1, 2016

Touchdown 11:26pm EST. All safe & sound! Next stop: Mars!
posted by Beti at 8:32 PM on March 1, 2016

This is awesome. Kelly's safe return to Earth was much more awesome news to wake up to then all the political bullshit.

Also, NASA's tumblr has a bunch of great stuff on this (and in general).
posted by lullaby at 11:32 PM on March 1, 2016 [1 favorite]

He has a twin brother (also an Astronaut) that is sort of acting as a control subject back on Earth.

Scott: "Finally, I'm now the older brother!"
posted by sebastienbailard at 11:45 PM on March 1, 2016 [3 favorites]

Please please forgive me for just straight up bragging here but:

I am now the proud owner of an official NASA twin study mission patch!!!

I am so so so excited about this. (I will be doing work on a small corner of the project)

I can't wait to see how the microbiome data shakes out. I think that will be hella cool.
posted by telepanda at 10:57 AM on March 2, 2016 [4 favorites]

That is completely cool, telepanda! So jealous!
posted by Beti at 4:38 PM on March 2, 2016

Thanks for the post. Just watched the PBS documentary. I'm surprised I didn't hear more about this when they arrived home this week.
posted by midmarch snowman at 2:04 PM on March 5, 2016