A Year in Space

beeping

SCOTT

Right before the chute opens is when you start really hearing the air outside, really hitting the atmosphere hard. When it opens, it definitely gets your attention.

rumbling

SCOTT

Feels like you've kind of lost control.

rumbling

clattering

radio chatter

NASA REPORTER

The SAR teams do have visual of the capsule, Soyuz craft descending under parachutes. Search and recovery forces moving in on the Russian MI-8 helicopters, as well as all-terrain vehicles.

applause and cheering

NASA REPORTER

All the recovery personnel from NASA and Roscosmos converging out there in Kazakhstan around the capsule.

men speaking Russian

breathing deeply

SCOTT

The crisp coldness of the air is quite refreshing. Not only fresh, but not space station smell to it.

laughs

KLUGER

The 340 days Scott Kelly and Misha Kornienko spent in space is less than 50% of what an even brief mission to Mars would be.

man speaking Russian

KLUGER

The one-year mission will not end with Scott and Misha Kornienko's landing. They will be studied closely and in depth for the next year.

SCOTT

Air is great. I don't know why you guys are all bundled up.

KLUGER

That's knowledge that will enable us to protect the next generation of people who will be the generation that will return to deep space.