![]() ![]() Along with six time Russian space flyer Yuri Malenchenko they are beginning a six-month stint aboard the complex. 15 in their Russian Soyuz TMA-19M capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Kopra and Peake just arrived at the station barely two weeks ago following a flawless launch on Dec. And how grateful we are for all the teams on the ground that support our flying in space, and the science that’s on board,” Kopra added. Credit: NASA/Scott like to say what a privilege it is to serve on board the International Space Station. First day of 2016, the year I return to #Earth. Kelly snapped the photo of Earth below to celebrate the occasion of passing from 2015 into 2016. Indeed New Years Day marked Day 280 for Kelly and Kornienko aboard the ISS. ![]() Video Caption: New Year’s greetings in Russian from Russia’s three ISS cosmonauts – Flight engineers Yuri Malenchenko, Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos. Russia’s trio of cosmonauts likewise send “Congratulations on New Year and Merry Christmas !!” Kelly comprises one half of the first ever ‘1 Year ISS crew’ – along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko – to study the effects of long term spaceflight in zero gravity on the human body and aid in planning on sending people on years long expeditions to Mars. Kelly is now three quarters of the way through his year-long mission on the ISS. Video Caption: Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA, Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency wished the people of Earth a Happy New Year. Kelly was accompanied in the short video by two of his fellow Expeditions 46 crewmembers with well wishes for all the inhabitants of Earth: Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency. “Happy New Year to all the people of Planet Earth,” wished Kelly in a special New Year’s 2016 video message beamed down from the massive orbiting science complex. Watch the pair of ISS New Years messages from the English and Russian speaking space flyers! ![]()
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