Scott Kelly

Mark Kelly — and twin, Scott — have traveled lightyears from their Essex County upbringing. Now, the retired NASA astronaut faces a new frontier of politics.

From astronauts to veteran musicians, elite athletes & business moguls, NJ stars were shining bright on Sunday! The Class of 2017 joined the NJ Hall of Fame.

A New Jersey school is so proud of two of its most famous alumni that it's taking their name.

A New Jersey elementary school is about to be renamed after twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.

Astronaut Scott Kelly will forever be remembered for his record-setting time in space, and as he prepares to retire from NASA on April 1, the New Jersey native will also be honored by his hometown as West Orange prepares to name a school after him and his twin brother, Mark.

He's accomplished something no other American astronaut has ever done, and now, just two weeks after his return to Earth from his historic "Year in Space," New Jersey native Scott Kelly says he will retire from NASA.

In a NASA interview before heading home to Houston, where he arrived early Thursday, Scott Kelly said it was "amazing" to feel the cold air when the hatch of his Soyuz capsule popped open after touchdown.

Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented year in space for NASA, landing in barren Kazakhstan with a Russian cosmonaut who shared his whole space station journey.

Science is really weird sometimes. Mark Kelly is older than Scott Kelly by a few minutes. But after a year in space ... is that true anymore?

On Sunday afternoon, astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a picture of the moon from his seat aboard the International Space Station. It will likely be the last photo he takes of the moon, at least until he returns to Earth on March 1.