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# A Year In Space

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## A Year In Space


* ![Scott Kelly - A Year in Space](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb74fb248d149de4b/698784f02dce0165159de2ec/scott-kelly-astronaut-a-year-in-space1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 15, 2017  
## ['Beyond A Year in Space’ Airs Wednesday Night on PBS](https://time.com/5026420/beyond-a-year-in-space-pbs-airing/)  
[PRESS ROOM](/section/press-room/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb786d7802d6ee8dd/698862c92dce01493c9e56db/time-year-in-space1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2017  
## [TIME Wins 2017 News & Documentary Emmy Award for PBS Special _A Year in Space_](https://time.com/4972350/time-year-in-space-emmy-award/)  
[PRESS ROOM](/section/press-room/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb786d7802d6ee8dd/698862c92dce01493c9e56db/time-year-in-space1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2017  
## [TIME and PBS Documentary _A Year in Space_ Nominated for Emmy Award](https://time.com/4875406/time-pbs-year-in-space-emmy-nomination/)  
[PRESS ROOM](/section/press-room/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Scott Kelly retirement year in space](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0d4c670849356d8/69888abb0b72e3ac966e8807/scott-kelly-year-in-space-retirement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 11, 2016  
## [Scott Kelly to Retire from NASA After Year in Space](https://time.com/4256439/scott-kelly-retirement-nasa/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![Are we there yet? Not even close.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt357f129056c8ea07/69888aaa5f570f5c9ab20005/mars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 11, 2016  
## [Here's What NASA Needs If We're Really Going to Mars](https://time.com/4255442/nasa-mars-next/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger  
* ![Astronaut Scott Kelly Discusses His One-Year Mission Aboard The ISS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7de0bef80243c06d/6988806ae20a872ff2a8fd98/scott-kelly-year-space-pool.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 6, 2016  
## [Watch Astronaut Scott Kelly Make a Big Splash on Earth](https://time.com/4249006/scott-kelly-pool-year-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA rest in a chair outside of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan Kazakhstan](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltead3ddbd7dc975ac/69888054524fc089acdf70ba/scott_kelly.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 4, 2016  
## [Astronaut Scott Kelly Says Mars Travel Is 'Doable'](https://time.com/4248289/astronaut-scott-kelly-year-in-space-return/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf08ee22dda026e97/698880462dce01676b9e80e1/scott-kelly-astronaut-nasa-year-in-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 4, 2016  
## [Watch Live: Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His Year in Space](https://time.com/4247907/watch-live-astronaut-scott-kelly-talks-about-his-year-in-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![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](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93d81e9bde921c10/69887fe3196cf4ce3803a952/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 2, 2016  
## [See Scott Kelly Descend to Earth After a Year in Space](https://time.com/4244437/scott-kelly-return-earth-year-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by TIME Photo
* !["#Jimena in the Pacific is a massive storm. Makes the moon look puny. #YearInSpace " via Twitter on Aug. 30, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89563348a7b148af/69887f9f8e06019fc4464d62/scott-kelly-photograph-iss-6th-month03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2016  
## [The Best Photographs From Scott Kelly's Year In Space](https://time.com/4242079/scott-kelly-best-photos/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by TIME Photo  
* ![Scott Kelly poses for a selfie photo in the "Cupola" of the International Space Station.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaef9331e6073854e/69887fa4bc6cfc209b3dbf13/scott-kelly-astronaut-return-toearth-year-in-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2016  
## [Watch Live: Astronauts Return to Earth After a Year in Space](https://time.com/4240847/scott-kelly-astronaut-space-return-earth-watch-live-stream-online/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![All-terrain vehicles make their way to the landing site about 100km outside Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Feb. 29, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta92aab49233c50ae/69887f84bc6cfc2a013dbed8/year-in-space-karaganda-kazakhstan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 29, 2016  
## [Inside the Huge Operation to Meet Astronauts Coming Home](https://time.com/4240956/soyuz-recovery-year-in-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Sergei Malikhov, head of search and rescue efforts, photographed during an interview with TIME in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Feb. 28, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fcef5da1f76044c/69887f64cf40a8c6e9c422e0/sergei-malikhov.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 28, 2016  
## [This Is The First Face Astronauts Will See After a Year in Space](https://time.com/4240232/scott-kelly-soyuz-year-in-space-malikhov-rescue/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, right, along with Russian Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, left, and Alexey Ovchnin prepare for a ceremonial laying of flowers at the graves of Yuri Gagarin and Sergey Korolev outside the Kremlin near Red Square in Moscow on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c9ae3cf15a06bb4/69887f4c196cf4cda803a833/nasa-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 26, 2016  
## [Here's the Russian Ritual That Ensures a Safe Space Flight](https://time.com/4238910/gagarin-red-square-ritual/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-ISS-SPACE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6aa0f621d97e6146/69887ea1bc6cfc0f1f3dbd72/scott-kelly-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 23, 2016  
## [Watch a 'Gorilla' on the Loose in the International Space Station](https://time.com/4233594/scot-kelly-gorilla-international-space-station/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Katie Reilly

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