year in space

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.

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.

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.

The countdown has begun, and in one week, astronaut Scott Kelly - a New Jersey native - will have accomplished something no other American has ever done.