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Kelly, Kornienko Land on Earth after Year in Space
Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko have their feet on the ground for the first time in 340 days.
Riding in a Russian spacecraft, they made it back to Kazakhstan, along with a fellow Russian cosmonaut.
Theirs was a record-setting journey. It is the longest time humans have spent living on the International Space Station (ISS). Now, Kelly also holds the record for the longest time an American has spent in space: 520 days in space, over four missions.
After being taken out of the capsule, they were put in special chairs while they start getting used to Earth's gravity again. They were to be examined and tested before Kelly is flown home to the United States.
After undergoing more tests and exams at NASA's Houston, Texas offices, Kelly said he wants to go home and jump into his swimming pool.
We will find out more about his journey when he talks to the media on this coming Friday.
In his last press conference from space, Kelly talked about the difficulties of living on the ISS for a year. He called it "a harsh environment," with only a small personal space.
"You know, I've spent in the CQ I'm looking at, the crew's quarters here, probably almost half the time I've been here between sleeping and working on the computer, I've spent in a basically a box, the size of a phone booth."
He said he feels "pretty good physically." But the toughest part was being away from loved ones.
"The hardest part is being isolated, you know, in a physical sense from people on the ground that are important to you."
Kelly and Kornienko performed scientific experiments including growing flowers and lettuce. The space station year tested how humans endure long-term space flights.
What they learn will be part of NASA's Journey to Mars program. It will take astronauts at least 500 days — round trip -- to travel to Mars, and back home. During that time they will need to grow their own food and live in small spaces with others for many months.
Kelly and Kornienko monitored their bodies to see what space does to humans. There are concerns about the effects of long space flights. These include damage from radiation and loss of bone and muscle mass due to lack of gravity. Also, over time in space flight, the fluid in a person's body moves up toward the head, sometimes causing eye problems.
Scott Kelly is also part of a twin study. His brother Mark Kelly is an identical twin and a former astronaut. During the past year, NASA has been testing both the men. They will study the brothers to see how space changes a body.
NASA will use these lessons learned to help the newest astronauts now being hired for the Mars journey. The space agency hopes to send humans to Mars in the 2030s.
It is a mission Scott Kelly believes is possible. "If we can dream it," he said from space, "we can do it if we really want to."
I'm Anne Ball.
词汇解析
1.land on 降落；停靠
Incoming flights land on this side of the airport.
入境的飞机停在机场这一边。
2.along with 与...一道；伴随
He sent me book along with a Chritmas card.
他寄给我一张圣诞卡，还寄给我一本书。
3.record-setting 破纪录的
In 1998, an El Niño episode in the Pacific Ocean set off a record-setting hot spell.
在1998年，太平洋的厄尔尼诺事件引发了一段创纪录的高温时期。
4.long-term 长期的；长远的
People knows little about what the long-term effects of the new drug will be.
人们不大清楚这种新药的长远效果如何。
内容解析
1.After being taken out of the capsule, they were put in special chairs while they start getting used to Earth's gravity again.
take out 拿出；取出
I may have to take out a student loan to finance my degree·
为了读学位，我可能得借一笔学生贷款。
An incision was made into his hand to take out the splinter.
他手上切开了一个口子以便取出那根刺。
2.These include damage from radiation and loss of bone and muscle mass due to lack of gravity.
due to 由于；因为
Sales are down a bit due to the revaluation.
由于货币升值销售额稍有下降。
The boy' s failure was due to continued disregard of his studies.
这孩子的不及格是由于依旧对学习的忽视。
参考译文
外媒：“太空人”340天后重返地球
结束340天的飞行任务后，斯科特·凯利和米哈伊尔·科尔尼延科终于回到了地球。
他们驾驶着俄罗斯宇宙飞船返回哈萨克斯坦，同行的还有一名俄罗斯宇航员。
此次旅程刷新了记录。这是人类单次逗留太空时间最长的记录。现在，凯利也成为美国空间飞行时间最长的纪录保持者：4次飞行任务累计的驻留太空的天数为520。
出舱后，他们被安置到特殊的座椅中再次慢慢适应地球重力。凯利乘坐飞机回家之前，还要与其他成员一起接受检查和测试。
于NASA德克萨斯州休斯顿办公场所接受繁琐的测试后，凯利表示希望能快点回家，在自家泳池里畅游一番。
周五，凯利接受媒体采访时表示，我们会对此次旅行做进一步报告。
上次的发布会上，凯利谈及在国际空间站生活一年面临的种种困难。他将其太空称作“恶劣的生活环境”，因为个人的活动空间极其狭小。
“我就住在这个CQ（crew’s quarters宇航员起居舱）里面，睡觉和工作几乎一半的时间都是在这里度过的，也就是说我在一个电话亭大小的盒子里生活。”
他表示“目前身体没有什么不适”。最痛苦的事情就是和所爱的人天各一方。
“最难以忍受的是孤独，意味着我要离开地球上那些对自己很重要的人……”
凯利和科尔尼延科进行了一系列科学实验，包括种花和生菜。在空间站的一年间，他们研究了人类如何承受长期的太空飞行的任务。
他们了解的内容将会成为NASA火星计划的一部分。宇航员到达火星并返回地球至少要花费500天时间。在此期间，宇航员需要自己种植食物，还得在狭小的空间中与他人共度数月。
研究人员对凯利和科尔尼延科的身体进行检测，以了解太空生活对人体的影响。很多人都很关注长期的太空飞行对人体的伤害。其中包括辐射危害以及由于重力缺失造成的骨骼软化以及肌肉萎缩。此外，长期太空飞行会导致体液涌向头部，很可能引发眼部问题。
斯科特·凯利也是双胞胎研究的关注对象。他的同卵双胞胎兄弟Mark Kelly之前也是宇航员。过去一年间，NASA一直在研究这对双胞胎。通过研究这对双胞胎，可进一步了解太空如何改变人的机体。
NASA利用这些既得经验帮助招录火星计划的新宇航员。NASA计划于21世纪30年代将人类送上火星。
斯科特·凯利认为这项任务是可以实现的。他在太空中时曾说过：“如果我们敢想并且真的敢做，那么我们什么都能做到。”
我是安妮·波尔。
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