Return from space: ISS crew finishes almost year-long mission
Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) land near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on after spending almost a year in space in a ground-breaking experiment foreshadowing a potential manned mission to Mars.
- Russia’s Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule, carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov, lands in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- Russia’s Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule, carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov, lands in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- From left, Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov and US astronaut Scott Kelly rest in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- International Space Station (ISS) crew member Scott Kelly of the U.S. shows a victory sign after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on March 2 after spending almost a year in space in a ground-breaking experiment foreshadowing a potential manned mission to Mars. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- A search and rescue team works at the site of landing of the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- International Space Station (ISS) crew member Scott Kelly of the U.S. reacts after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- A search and rescue team works at the site of landing of the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergei Volkov outside the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- Medics check International Space Station (ISS) crew member Mikhail Kornienko of Russia after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- Ground personnel carry International Space Station (ISS) crew member Sergei Volkov of Russia after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
- International Space Station (ISS) crew member Sergei Volkov (R) of Russia looks at his father Soviet cosmonaut Aleksander Volkov (L) after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)