--- title: See Scott Kelly Descend to Earth After a Year in Space description: Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov have landed in their capsule near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan canonical: https://time.com/4244437/scott-kelly-return-earth-year-space/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T15:10:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:19.410Z article:section: Science og:title: See Scott Kelly Descend to Earth After a Year in Space og:description: Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov land in Kazakhstan og:url: https://time.com/4244437/scott-kelly-return-earth-year-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93d81e9bde921c10/69887fe3196cf4ce3803a952/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Expedition 46 Landing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Scott Kelly Descend to Earth After a Year in Space twitter:description: Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov land in Kazakhstan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93d81e9bde921c10/69887fe3196cf4ce3803a952/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Scott Kelly Descend to Earth After a Year in Space by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Mar 2, 2016 3:10 PM UTC  The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016 The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016Bill Ingalls—NASA by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Mar 2, 2016 3:10 PM UTC TIME has been following the year-long mission of cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and American astronaut Scott Kelly, in a video series that can be viewed [here](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/). A YEAR IN SPACE, a documentary film by TIME and PBS, premieres Wednesday, March 2 at 8 p.m. E.T. on PBS.  The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016 Bill Ingalls—NASA  A closer view of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016. Bill Ingalls—NASA  Mikhail Kornienko of Russia is seen inside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images  Ground personnel help International Space Station crew member Sergey Volkov of Russia get out of the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images  Ground personnel help Scott Kelly get off the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016. Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images  Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos is carried into a medical tent after he, Scott Kelly and Sergey Volkov landed in their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft in a remote area on March 2, 2016 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Bill Ingalls—NASA  Members of NASA support team help Scott Kelly get off a helicopter at an airport in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016. 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