![Expedition 46 Landing 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://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-1.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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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. A YEAR IN SPACE, a documentary film by TIME and PBS, premieres Wednesday, March 2 at 8 p.m. E.T. on PBS.
![Expedition 46 Landing 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://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Expedition 46 Landing A closer view of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-SPACE-ISS-LANDING Mikhail Kornienko of Russia is seen inside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOT-KAZAKHSTAN-RUSSIA-US-SPACE-ISS-LANDING Ground personnel help International Space Station crew member Sergei Volkov of Russia get out of the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Scott Kelly Ground personnel help Scott Kelly get off the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after landing in Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-year-in-space-return-to-earth-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Expedition 46 Landing 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.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-returns-to-earth-year-in-space-nasa-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![International Space Station crew member astronaut Kelly of the U.S. arrives in Dzhezkazgan Members of NASA support team help Scott Kelly get off a helicopter at an airport in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on March 2, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/scott-kelly-return-to-earth-year-in-space-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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