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By Stav Ziv
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By the time Scott Kelly's feet touch the ground in Kazakhstan late Tuesday and Texas soil the following night, he'll have been at the International Space Station for 340 consecutive days and in space for more than 500 cumulative days. He's now spent more time up there than any other American astronaut.
Kelly has allowed the earthbound public to follow along on his journey by sharing photos, videos and thoughts on social media. As he makes his way back with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko, the latter his fellow one-year crew member, here are 19 things to remember from the nearly full year he was in orbit—the silly, the serious and the stunning.
1. The sunrises and sunsets
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2. The spacewalks
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3. The space ape
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4. The #EarthArt
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5. The chats with Obama (plus at least one former president)
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6. The aerial views
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7. The space solidarity
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8. The space condolences
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9. The weather reports
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10. The space flowers
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Nursed the #SpaceFlowers all the way to today and now all that remains are memories. Happy #Valentines Day! #valentinesday #flowers #spaceflower #space #spacestation #iss #memories
A post shared by Scott Kelly (@stationcdrkelly) on Feb 14, 2016 at 11:18am PST
11. The holidays
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12. The liquid ping pong
13. The space food
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14. The viewing parties
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15. The nighttime views
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16. The out-of-this-world Q&As
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17. The striking #ColorsOfEarth
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18. The space playlist
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19. The Third Rock Radio show (and the Newsweek retweet we like too)
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