|  6 Months in Space, Astronaut Scott Kelly Misses Food, Outdoors and Loved Ones  | Halfway through his almost yearlong mission, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spoke via satellite to an audience gathered at the National Press Club here about the things he is looking forward to, both for the remainder of his mission and once he returns to Earth. "I feel good overall," Kelly told the club's president, John Hughes, who emceed the event on on Monday (Sept. 14). Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko arrived at the space station on March 27, after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with both planning to stay onboard for nearly a year.
| Read More » A Manned Mission to Mars Is Closer to Reality Than Ever: NASA Chief  | NASA is closer to putting boots on Mars than it's ever been before, the space agency's chief says. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former space shuttle commander, said he envisioned becoming the first person to explore Mars when he checked in for astronaut training at Houston's Johnson Space Center in 1980. Back then, a crewed Red Planet mission was believed to be 30 years away, Bolden said.
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