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03-03-2016, 10:13 PM
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are home after nearly a year in space
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Two space explorers are back home with their families after spending nearly a year in space.*
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth from their 340-day mission on the International Space Station, landing in a remote part of Kazakhstan (http://mashable.com/2016/03/01/nasa-scott-kelly-yearlong-mission-landing/) on Wednesday, local time.*
SEE ALSO: The emotional moment astronaut Scott Kelly landed on Earth after a year in space (http://mashable.com/2016/03/02/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-landing-photos/)
On Thursday, Kelly and Kornienko were welcomed home with smiles, congratulations and even apple pie by dignitaries and family members in Houston, Texas and Star City, Russia respectively.*
In Houston, Kelly was greeted by Jill Biden, NASA administrator Charles Bolden and John Holdren, President Obama's science advisor, when his plane landed in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/scott-kelly-home-year-in-space/)
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Two space explorers are back home with their families after spending nearly a year in space.*
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth from their 340-day mission on the International Space Station, landing in a remote part of Kazakhstan (http://mashable.com/2016/03/01/nasa-scott-kelly-yearlong-mission-landing/) on Wednesday, local time.*
SEE ALSO: The emotional moment astronaut Scott Kelly landed on Earth after a year in space (http://mashable.com/2016/03/02/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-landing-photos/)
On Thursday, Kelly and Kornienko were welcomed home with smiles, congratulations and even apple pie by dignitaries and family members in Houston, Texas and Star City, Russia respectively.*
In Houston, Kelly was greeted by Jill Biden, NASA administrator Charles Bolden and John Holdren, President Obama's science advisor, when his plane landed in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/03/scott-kelly-home-year-in-space/)
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