--- title: Scott Kelly’s Photos From His 10th Month in Space description: The astronaut will spend one year on the International Space Station, longer than any other American canonical: https://time.com/4196706/astronaut-scott-kelly-photos-space/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-01T20:45:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:32.003Z article:section: Science og:title: See the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly's 10th Month in Space og:description: He's staying on the International Space Station for a year og:url: https://time.com/4196706/astronaut-scott-kelly-photos-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c72ba7644fd2ad/69887acbbc6cfc39cd3db6d7/scott-kelly-photograph-iss-10th-month01.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Astronaut Scott Kelly International Space Station photos Month 10 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly's 10th Month in Space twitter:description: He's staying on the International Space Station for a year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89c72ba7644fd2ad/69887acbbc6cfc39cd3db6d7/scott-kelly-photograph-iss-10th-month01.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly's 10th Month in Space by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 1, 2016 8:45 PM CUT  "Day 280\. First day of 2016, the year I return to #Earth. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 1, 2016 "Day 280\. First day of 2016, the year I return to #Earth. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 1, 2016Scott Kelly—NASA by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 1, 2016 8:45 PM CUT TIME is producing a series of documentary films, titled “A Year in Space” which can be [viewed here](http://time.com/space "undefined"). **MORE:** See more photographs from Scott Kelly’s yearlong mission in space [here](http://time.com/4162147/ "undefined").  "Day 280\. First day of 2016, the year I return to #Earth. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 1, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Sandy and green on the South #Indian coast. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 3, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 282\. Soyuz silhouette and #sunset colors of our magnificent #Earth. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 3, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "I've missed the color green. Found a nice patch of it in #Africa today! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 5, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 285\. South East #Asia giving us the green lights tonight! #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 6, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Some of my space flowers are on the rebound! No longer looking sad! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 8, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Cool frozen lake in #Himalayas! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 9, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Tell-tale sign I live on a #spaceship. Cygnus outside my window & #Africa below. #HappySunday from @space\_station!" - via Twitter on Jan. 10, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "#EarthArt Snow art! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 12, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "The snows of the #AleutianIslands #volcanoes. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 13, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "#GobiDesert is said to be so long it would take the length of my mission to travel from end to end. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 14, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Advice from a #volcano: keep your inner fire burning. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 14, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "First ever flower grown in space makes its debut! #SpaceFlower #zinnia #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 16, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 295\. #Earth. Mysterious and enchanting, she sleeps. #GoodNight from @Space\_Station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 16, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 296\. A few moons ago. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 17, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Just spotted this massive iceberg in the southern Indian Ocean. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 18, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "#Bahamas #EarthArt Watercolors! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 19, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 302\. #Blizzard2016 gave us an impressive view below. Stay warm! #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 23, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "#MondayMotivation #SpaceFlower garden proving through challenge and continuous effort comes growth. #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 25, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA  "Day 304\. That's 4,864 orbits a'round' our beautiful planet #Earth. #GoodNight from @space\_station! #YearInSpace" - via Twitter on Jan. 25, 2016 Scott Kelly—NASA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4196706/astronaut-scott-kelly-photos-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4196706/astronaut-scott-kelly-photos-space/"},"headline":"See the Best Photos From Astronaut Scott Kelly's 10th Month in Space","datePublished":"2016-02-01T20:45:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:32.003Z","description":"Astronaut Scott Kelly is almost done with his yearlong stay aboard the International Space Station. 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