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Did Astronaut Scott Kelly Stay in Space Too Long? [Video]

This video will make you wonder if a year in free-fall finally got to him...

Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly. Public Domain

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Nearing the end of his year long space stint, Scott Kelly, who made many videos during his stay, shows viewers a large container. You won't believe what happened next (and yes, we've heard that one before).

 

 


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Eliene Augenbraun is a multimedia science producer, formerly Nature Research's Multimedia Managing Editor and Scientific American's senior video producer. Before that, she founded and ran ScienCentral, an award-winning news service providing ABC and NBC with science news stories. She has a PhD in Biology.

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