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- | **Intro to Data Core** | + | ==== Intro to Data Core ==== |
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+ | Their 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is twice the length of a normal stay. | ||
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+ | Their extended tour is part of an effort to study the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the body. | ||
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+ | === Installing Data Core === | ||
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+ | But scientists will gain further insights by comparing Scott Kelly with his Earthbound identical twin, Mark. | ||
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+ | A Soyuz capsule carrying Kelly, Kornienko and Russian crew member Sergey Volkov parachuted down on to a steppe in | ||
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+ | Kazakhstan at 10:26 local time (04:26 GMT). | ||
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+ | ==== Data Sources ===== | ||
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+ | The mission is a record for the ISS and will give Cmdr Kelly a tally of 520 cumulative days in space, over four flights. | ||
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+ | === Event Sinks === | ||
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+ | Cmdr Kelly has also returned rocket (salad) seeds that were taken up to the orbiting outpost by UK astronaut Tim Peake in December. | ||
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+ | They will be distributed to schools to allow pupils to compare their growth with rocket plants that have stayed on Earth. | ||
- | Some stuff here. |
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