Coming back to Earth after spending 340 days in space can be a pretty traumatic experience.
Even veteran NASA astronaut Scott Kelly — who just completed his fourth mission to space Tuesday — is having a somewhat tough time adjusting to life back on the planet after living for nearly a year in the weightlessness of the International Space Station.
“Adjusting to space is easier than adjusting to Earth for me,” Kelly said during a press conference Friday.
“There’s always a certain amount of soreness and fatigue and that kind of stuff,” Kelly said of his state post-landing, comparing it to his earlier six month stay on the Space Station. Read more…
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