Halfway Home: One-Year Space Crew Rallies for 6 More Months Off Earth

Two space travelers on the International Space Station are entering rarely tread territory as they pass the six-month mark in a yearlong stay in orbit. American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko have been living on the space station for about six months and won't be going home for another half-year. A year is a long time," Kelly told reporters during an in-flight interview on Sept. 8.