02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
...year floating above the earth? In March 2015, American astronaut Scott Kelly headed to the International Space Station (ISS) to take ...activity The study further highlighted that although 93% of Scott’s genes returned to normal after landing, a subset ...
24 February 2016
Final interview for Scott Kelly tomorrow before his return to Earth
... Human Research Program, who has a doctoral degree in physiology and biophysics. One-year mission crew members Scott Kelly of NASA (left) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos (right) celebrated their 300th consecutive day in space on Jan. 21, 2016...
19 October 2015
Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko, long-duration spaceflight and the human body
On October 16, 2015, NASA’s Scott Kelly has officially set the American record for the longest cumulative time spent in space – 383 days and counting. On October 29th, Kelly is also set to break the record for the longest single...
10 August 2015
ISS lettuce: first food grown in space eaten by Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui
... an astronaut, but consuming fresh vegetables isn’t usually one of them. This is why International Space Station crewmembers Scott Kelly, Kjell Lindgren, and Kimiya Yui look so excited to eat red romaine lettuce in this video: For the...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
... exposure to space radiation causes mutations. By comparing Astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA before and after his one year on the ... who remained on Earth - mutations were found in Scott Kelly’s DNA after his spaceflight that were not found beforehand...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
... it would be really cute. A complaint made by astronauts Scott Kelly and Terry Virts regarding their time on the ISS, which ...Odyssey Award from the Earthlight Foundation in 2024. Dr Kelly Weinersmith is adjunct faculty in the BioSciences Department at...
