Station crew heading home after record-long U.S. spaceflight
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 18:20
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko began their return to Earth on Tuesday after nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, ending a record-long U.S. spaceflight intended to pave the way for human travel to Mars.