--- description: American astronaut Scott Kelly is slated to speak about his historic year in space during a NASA news conference on Friday afternoon title: Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His Year in Space: Watch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf08ee22dda026e97/698880462dce01676b9e80e1/scott-kelly-astronaut-nasa-year-in-space.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His Year in Space  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2016 7:04 PM CUT  Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas on March 3, 2016. Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas on March 3, 2016.NASA/Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 4, 2016 7:04 PM CUT American astronaut [Scott Kelly returned to Earth](http://time.com/4244421/scott-kelly-year-in-space-land-soyuz/ "undefined") this week after spending a year in space and will speak about the experience in a [NASA news conference](http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html "undefined") on Friday afternoon. Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, a mission that aimed to to [help scientists understand the effects of prolonged zero-gravity exposure](http://time.com/4209230/space-station-astronauts-scott-kelly/ "undefined") on the human body. Kelly’s twin brother, a retired astronaut, participated in parallel studies on Earth. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after a historic 340 days in space. **Read more:** [Inside the Gigantic Operation to Meet Astronauts Coming Home](http://time.com/4240956/soyuz-recovery-year-in-space/ "undefined") TIME [chronicled the year-long mission](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined") for a documentary series, [A Year in Space](http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ "undefined"), which premiered [Wednesday on PBS.](http://time.com/4243265/year-in-space-special-pbs-wednesday/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4247907/watch-live-astronaut-scott-kelly-talks-about-his-year-in-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4247907/watch-live-astronaut-scott-kelly-talks-about-his-year-in-space/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His Year in Space","datePublished":"2016-03-04T19:04:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:38:05.020Z","description":"He's back from his year in space","url":"https://time.com/4247907/watch-live-astronaut-scott-kelly-talks-about-his-year-in-space/","keywords":["A Year In Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas","caption":"Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA is seen after returning to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas","creditText":"NASA/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4247907/watch-live-astronaut-scott-kelly-talks-about-his-year-in-space/","name":"Watch Live: Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks About His Year in Space"}}]}] ```