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Since 2014, TIME’s filmmakers have been following Kelly on what is easily the most ambitious biomedical experiment NASA has ever run, working to learn more about the limits of human physiology before attempting what could be a two and a half year mission to Mars. The result has been TIME’s elevan-part video series “A Year in Space,” which began last year with Kelly’s training in Houston and Russia has followed him through launch and up to his new home on the ISS. [Episode Six, “Perseverance,” premiered on January 11.](http://time.com/space) TIME has been given extraordinary access to training facilities at NASA, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center outside of Moscow, the Scott Kelly family’s home in Houston, the Soyuz spacecraft as Kelly and his crewmates flew to the ISS, and the interior of the station itself. TIME has also followed the story of retired astronaut Mark Kelly, Scott’s identical twin, who is serving as a near-perfect control subject for the mission, allowing scientists to compare how identical genomes react differently to a year spent in to very non-identical places. The second part of the PBS series, to air in 2017, will follow up on both Kelly brothers as the results of the experiment roll in and as Scott reacclimates to life on Earth. “The series represents one of Time Inc.’s most ambitious projects to date. It’s an example of the high-quality programming that we are producing across our brands that audiences can access on any platform,” said Ian Orefice, Senior Executive Producer of Time Inc. Video. “We are thrilled to be working with PBS on this monumental program and look forward to a collaborative partnership.” **A YEAR IN SPACE** is directed by Shaul Schwarz and produced by TIME’s Red Border Films, with Jonathan Halperin, Mark Mannucci and Jonathan Woods serving as the producers. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:06] I do sometimes during the being in space [ MUSIC ] [00:14] Sometimes there are people with me but in reality, [00:17] we'll I'm up there most of humanity is 250 miles below [00:21] you. [ MUSIC ] I just makes me think of how long a year [00:25] really is. [ MUSIC ] There's [00:37] no sun on your face. You never feel this on my feet? [00:41] There's fire. You never feel this cold breeze. It's always [00:46] exactly the same. [ MUSIC ] You cannot [00:55] compare it to anything else I've ever done. I mean, [00:58] when you launch in a rocket ship I said it's just [01:00] incredible. Three, two, one and ignition. [ MUSIC ] The [01:09] international space station is a conglomeration of five [01:12] different agencies, 15 different countries. It's the [01:15] largest peace time international project ever in human [01:19] history. [ MUSIC ] Nasa's doing a comparative study [01:22] between my brother and I since we're identical twins. [01:23] I'll be in space and flying all the way around [01:27] the sun, one [ UNKNOWN ] In a year, he's like yeah, so, [01:30] will I on spaceship or [ MUSIC ] A lot can happen in a [01:46] year. The biggest concern [01:50] that I have, it's not really my personal safety, it's about [01:53] something happening. There's somebody on the [01:54] ground and then not being there for them. I don't think [01:58] he was expecting that a sister in law was nearly [02:01] assassinated. I think that's one of the challenging [02:04] things about being away that long is just you're [02:07] completely out of control and there's nothing you can [02:09] do to help. Wanna know how long a year is, it's 31. 6 [02:13] million seconds. It will be 31. 6 million [02:18] times are on mind. [ MUSIC ] [02:23] There [02:27] are a lot of things that are very worthy endeavours to [02:30] have risk, and I think it's important for our species to [02:34] maintain our explorer mindset to continue to push our [02:38] boundaries of technology. I feel pretty fortunate [02:42] that I'm here and I get to risk it all one more [02:46] time. 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