--- description: American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korneinko chat with TIME from the ISS title: Watch Live: Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk About Returning to Earth image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6331a15f182e21e5/69887c4a524fc0a4d8df69d6/scott-kelly-mikhail-kornienko-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk About Returning to Earth  by [Jonathan Woods](/author/jonathan-d-woods/)  ## Jonathan Woods Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:02 PM CUTPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:42 PM CUT  Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko in space Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko in spaceNASA  by [Jonathan Woods](/author/jonathan-d-woods/)  ## Jonathan Woods Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:02 PM CUTPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:42 PM CUT Having a video chat with the [International Space Station](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined") is a little harder than just going online and booting up Skype. It takes a lot of bandwidth and a lot of planning—but it’s always worth the effort. Friday at 12:35 p.m. EST, TIME editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger talked with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korneinko and American astronaut Scott Kelly as they flew 250 miles overhead at a brisk 17,500 mph (28,200 k/h). Kelly and Kornienko have been aboard the station for a total of 314 days, and are not scheduled to come home until March 1, when they will have completed nearly a year in space. The purpose of the marathon mission is a straightforward one: to help determine if the human body can withstand the rigors of prolonged exposure to zero-g—a question that must be answered if humankind is ever to fulfill the longstanding dream of traveling to Mars. Listen now: [TIME’s _It’s Your Universe_ podcast with Jeffrey Kluger](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/its-your-universe-solar-system/id1077050032?mt=2 "undefined") In Friday’s live chat, TIME asked Kelly and Kornienko about their lives in space and their mental state as their mission comes to an end—whether they’re counting the days until they come home, how they packed for a year in space, and what the most fascinating (and most boring) parts of their mission have been. Our conversation with the station is part of TIME’s [yearlong coverage of the Kelly-Kornienko mission](http://time.com/space "undefined"), which has included half a dozen [serialized web videos](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined"), 111 online stories, ongoing coverage in TIME magazine and more. [**_Watch Live:_** _Astronauts Return to Earth After a Year in Space_](http://time.com/4240847/scott-kelly-astronaut-space-return-earth-watch-live-stream-online/ "undefined") Kluger and the rest of the TIME team will be returning to Kazakhstan at the end of the month to cover the astronauts’ return. Watch today’s chat, and stay with TIME and Time.com for more coverage of this unique biomedical experiment.  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4209230/space-station-astronauts-scott-kelly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4209230/space-station-astronauts-scott-kelly/"},"headline":"Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk About Returning to Earth","datePublished":"2016-02-05T15:42:09.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T19:02:03.000Z","description":"American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korneinko chat with TIME from the ISS","url":"https://time.com/4209230/space-station-astronauts-scott-kelly/","keywords":["Space","A Year In Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6331a15f182e21e5/69887c4a524fc0a4d8df69d6/scott-kelly-mikhail-kornienko-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathan Woods","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-d-woods/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6331a15f182e21e5/69887c4a524fc0a4d8df69d6/scott-kelly-mikhail-kornienko-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko in space","caption":"Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko in space","creditText":"NASA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4209230/space-station-astronauts-scott-kelly/","name":"Astronauts Aboard the Space Station Talk About Returning to Earth"}}]}] ```