![]() ![]() His longing for the color green, for the smell of fresh dirt - proved one of the significant challenges to his year in orbit. When asked during the beginning of the Corona pandemic to reflect on his year-long confinement at the International Space Station between March 2015 and March 2016, Scott remembers how nature was a central figure in his experience. ![]() What he, of course, was unaware of was that he too would be breaking new frontiers, more specifically to hold the record for the longest single space mission by an American, with 342 consecutive days spent away from Earth. ![]() Scott Kelly remembers being aware of the moon landing aged five, mindful of those famous words on humankind’s giant leap, spoken by his fellow American Neil Armstrong. It was a song that underscored a new era in space travel and echoed through a time of social shifts and change. David Bowie’s seminal song “Space Oddity”, about Major Tom, was released only five days before the United States’ Apollo 11 mission and an additional five days before the first human walked the Moon. ![]()
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