ISS 'nauts prepare to wrap One Year Mission

ISS residents Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are preparing to wrap their One Year Mission aboard the International Space Station, and will return to terra firma on 1 March after 340 days aloft. The focus of the pair's extended stay on the orbiting outpost was to gain detailed information on how the human body reacts to an …

[Tempest8008]

You got your choice of assignments, hotshot.

Why do I keep expecting Scott Kelly to yell at Maverick?

[Ugotta B. Kiddingme]

Re: You got your choice of assignments, hotshot.

heard on the radio next Tuesday...

"Tower, Soyuz is requesting a flyby."

"Negative Soyuz, the pattern is full."

[Andy The Hat]

Zinnia?

Forgive me for being stupid but I'd suggest a basic requirement for a 'vegetable production system' should be a vegetable of an edible nature? Whilst I admit that growing Zinnias may make a mars mission look pretty, they taste horrible ...

[phuzz]

In the top article picture, why are they both wearing two watches?

ISS time (UTC IIRC) and the time their family are on?

[Lusty]

One watch one medical device? Heart rate monitor would be may guess

[allthecoolshortnamesweretaken]

Good timing - get back to earth before The Donald becomes president and doesn't allow anyone back in the country if they had anything to do with ISS...

But seriously, have a safe return trip.

(Can I be some astronaut's control group next time?)

[To Mars in Man Bras!]

Don't Do The Maths!

*"...their One Year Mission aboard the International Space Station, and will return to terra firma on 1 March after 340 days aloft..."*

Dammi!t If only someone had thought to tell them there are 365+ days in a year.