Scott Kelly, the US astronaut who recently returned from a record-breaking year in space, will help launch the 2016-17 academic year at UT by speaking at the annual Welcome Week Life of the Mind celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday, August 15.
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For UT Astronaut Kelly, Ride is Over, But Journey Has Just Begun
Although it might seem paradoxical, many people return from a long trip in need of a vacation to recover from their time away.
Imagine, then, if your trip had lasted a year, and you weren’t just out of town but out of this world. Literally.
That’s the reality that faced NASA Commander Scott Kelly, a graduate of the University of Tennessee Space Institute, when he returned to Earth from his one-year mission aboard the International Space Station late Tuesday. UTSI is a part of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Engineering.
“I’m going to go home and jump in my pool,” Kelly said during his final press conference from space last week when asked what he would do once his mission was over.
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Astronaut Kelly Honored by Magazine as Scientist of the Year
Astronaut Scott Kelly is no stranger to stardom, having rocketed to fame as the first American to spend a year in space.
In fact, by the time he returns to Earth in March, he will have spent more than 500 days total in orbit, a record for any American and trailing only a small number of cosmonauts.
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