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# 'Come in International Space Station, This is President Barack Obama'

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## Mark Rivett-Carnac


Oct 20, 2015 2:40 AM UTC

by 

[Mark Rivett-Carnac](https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/)


## Mark Rivett-Carnac


Oct 20, 2015 2:40 AM UTC

U.S. President Barack Obama made an ultra long-distance call to American astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space Station on Monday.

The President spoke to the astronauts ahead of astronomy night at the White House, praising their inspiring work and stellar [Instagram feed](https://instagram.com/stationcdrkelly/?hl=en).

More than halfway through his [one-year mission](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/), Kelly just set an American [record](http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/scott-kelly-becomes-us-astronaut-to-spend-the-most-time-in-space) for the cumulative number of days in space and next week he will surpass the single-longest spaceflight record. During the marathon voyage, Kelly and his team will research how our bodies and minds adjust to long-duration spaceflight and conduct 400 experiments to prepare for a “journey to mars.”

Follow TIME’s ongoing coverage of Kelly’s year in space [here](http://time.com/space).

> [](https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/656263630741073920)

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