Scott Kelly: Year in space paves the way for even longer missions

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. 

Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press. 5. President Obama discussed the Supreme Court vacancy with top Senate Republicans and Democrats, but the brief meeting yielded little. The Republicans reiterated that no Obama nominee would be given 

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is busy getting ready to come back to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday, but that didn't stop him from savoring one last sunrise from his post in space. The astronaut snapped some images of the golden sunrise

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is busy getting ready to come back to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday, but that didn't stop him from savoring one last sunrise from his post in space. The astronaut snapped some images of the golden sunrise

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is busy getting ready to come back to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday, but that didn't stop him from savoring one last sunrise from his post in space. The astronaut snapped some images of the golden sunrise