Watch Scott Kelly Return To Earth After Spending A Year In Space

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Scott Kelly (left) and Mikhail Kornienko (right) have spent a year on the ISS. NASA

On March 27, 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko launched to the International Space Station (ISS). Now, almost one year on, they’re preparing to return to Earth from their groundbreaking mission.

Kelly and Kornienko, together with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov who has been on the station for 6 months, will undock from the ISS at 8.05 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 1 (1.05 a.m. GMT on Wednesday, March 2). Almost three hours later, at 11.27 p.m. EST (4.27 a.m. GMT), they will touch down in Kazakhstan, 342 days since they left Earth.