Beginning in May 2015, and presented across all TIME platforms (print and digital), "A Year in Space" will chronicle Scott Kelly and his twin brother and fellow astronaut Mark Kelly, from training pre-flight to the ISS, orbiting 250-miles above Earth.
You can see a trailer for the series here: http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ (Warning, for us, it was preceded by a creepy commercial for a series about Lizze Borden.)
For more info, visit time.com/space.
Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan,, the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft has been rolled by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for Friday's launch. See the AWESOME Bill Ingalls photo above. :)
Speaking of launches, midday, we watched (via the Internet) a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket send a GPS to orbit for the U.S.Air Force. It was uncharacteristically foggy at ground level at the Cape today, but we were happy to see the rocket didn't seem to mind.
WHERE'S THE (CORNED) BEEF?: Since we were having corned beef for dinner, I had to share a funny story with the kids about corned beef smuggled to space. Seriously.
Back on March 23, 1965, astronaut John Young reportedly smuggled a corned beef sandwich on board during the Gemini 3 mission. Apparently it was very pungent in the tiny capsule. Funny that Young would feel the need to do that - it was just a three-orbit, five-hour mission. You can read the Washington Post story about it here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/03/24/50-years-ago-this-week-a-sandwich-was-smuggled-into-space/
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