taking a swim. good thursday morning, everyone. we re going to start with that incredible homecoming overnight, 340 days in the making. early this morning astronaut scott kelly arrived in houston aboard a nasa jet from asia and he was greeted by his girlfriend and two daughters plus his twin brother mark and his wife gabby giffords. well, kelly is getting used to gravity again after spending most of the last year on board the international space station. abc s david kerley is at the johnson space center in houston. good morning, david. reporter: guy, scott kelly is back here in houston and what a trip it s been. it would have been great to get here quicker. i m used to going 17,500 miles an hour, but this airplane doesn t do quite that so it took us some time. reporter: several years ago he let me get inside this soyuz capsule here in houston. it is very tight in there. that s why he was so happy when they got on the ground in kazakhstan. you heard him talking abo
greeted by his girlfriend and two daughters plus his twin brother mark and his wife gabby giffords. getting used to gravity again after almost a year aboard the international space center. david kerley is there. good morning. david. reporter: what a trip it s been if would have been great to get here quicker. used to going 17,500 miles an hour but this airplane doesn t do quite that so took us some time. reporter: several years ago he let me get inside this soyuz capsule in houston. it is very tight in there. that s why he was so happy when they got on the ground in kazakhstan. you heard him talking about breathing in the frigid air. everyone in heavy coats and he said what s wrong with the air. it s so fresh. a record 340 days in space, the longest long duration space night for an american and now for scott kelly, a battery of medical tests comparing him to astronaut. mark s been the baseline on earth for those 340 days, now we learn about bone density loss, muscle los
we re going to start with that incredible homecoming overnight. 340 days in the making. early this morning astronaut scott kelly arrived in houston aboard a nasa jet from asia greeted by his girlfriend and two daughters plus his twin brother mark and his wife gabby giffords. getting used to gravity again after almost a year aboard the international space center. david kerley is there. good morning. david. reporter: what a trip it s been if would have been great to get here quicker. used to going 17,500 miles an hour but this airplane doesn t do quite that so took us some time. reporter: several years ago he let me get inside this soyuz capsule in houston. it is very tight in there. that s why he was so happy when they got on the ground in kazakhstan. you heard him talking about breathing in the frigid air. everyone in heavy coats and he said what s wrong with the air. a record 340 days in space, the longest long duration space night for an american and now for scott k
the terrifying moments on a highway. and backyard surprise. a nine-foot alligator caught taking a swim. good thursday morning, everyone. we re going to start with that incredible homecoming overnight, 340 days in the making. early this morning astronaut scott kelly arrived in houston aboard a nasa jet from asia and he was greeted by his girlfriend and two daughters plus his twin brother mark and his wife gabby giffords. well, kelly is getting used to gravity again after spending most of the last year on board the international space station. abc s david kerley is at the johnson space center in houston. good morning, david. reporter: guy, scott kelly is back here in houston and what a trip it s been. it would have been great to get here quicker. i m used to going 17,500 miles an hour, but this airplane doesn t do quite that so it took us some time. reporter: several years ago capsule here in houston. it is very tight in there. that s why he was so happy when they
international space center. david kerley is there. good morning. david. reporter: what a trip it s been if would have been great to get here quicker. used to going 17,500 milesn hour but this airplane doesn t do quite that so took us some time. reporter: several years ago he let me get inside this soyuz capsule in houston.n. it is very tight in there. that s why he was so happy when they got on the ground in kazakhstan. you heard him talking about breathing in the frigid air. everyone in heavy coats and he said what s wrong with the air. it s so fresh. a record 340 days in space, the longest long duration space night for an american and now for scott kelly, a battery of medil tests comparing him to his twin brother, mark, a former astronaut. mark s been the baseline on earth for those 340 days, now we learn about bone density loss, muscle loss, radiation effects, eyesight, all these things that may have happened to scott it s the latest achievement inur nation ae s spac