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The one-hour first installment of a two-part series aired in March 2016 on PBS and was adapted from TIME’s original digital video series about astronaut Scott Kelly, whose 12-month stay on the International Space Station tested human limits for space travel and laid the groundwork for a manned mission to Mars. The second installment, “Beyond A Year in Space” traces the steps of human spaceflight from the first animals sent into space to Scott Kelly’s historic flight, and into the future of humanity finding its place in the cosmos. On March 2nd, 2016, Scott Kelly returned to earth from the International Space Station after spending a record-breaking year in outer space. Now, scientists are studying Scott to answer the pressing questions: How did space change him? And how can we keep future astronauts safe on long journeys to deep space and beyond? ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Being able to stand up there on the edge and just look out. And that view is just amazing. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ MUSIC ] Launch Pad 39B was a launch pad for the Apollo Program, it was a launch pad for the Space Shuttle. It is being renovated to be where we launch the SLS rocket and Orion. How long have you been working here? Off and on since 1985. Those were the shuttle glory days. And you were launching all the time. They certainly were- And we're always seeing it on the news, all the launch coverage. And that's when I think when we started wanting to be astronauts, right? 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