Both Kelly and*Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were on the*year-long mission, which revealed*more about how the body changes during a long-duration spaceflight. The astronauts sped to back to Earth in a Russian-made Soyuz capsule — a trip that took about 3.5 hours from the International space Station.
The Soyuz capsule landed at 11:26 p.m. ET after a wild ride that brought them through the atmosphere. At one point during the flight, the trio of crewmembers likely pulled 3 to 4 Gs — the equivalent of three to four times the force of Earth's gravity. Read more...