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Story as they enter rehappen and continue on their remarkable road to recovery. >> and liftoff. a year in space starts now. >> march 27th, 2015, astronaut scott kelly blasts off for his historic mission aboard the international space station. station, this is cnn. how do you hear me? >> i hear you loud and clear. welcome aboard the space station. >> i a long with his brother mark back on earth the kelly brothers are part of nasas twin study, the goal measure the impact prolonged spaceflight has ...

Procedure. the boys pulled through. we will follow their story as they entered rehab. march 27th, 2015, scott kelly blasts off for his historic mission aboard the international space station. how do you hear me? >> i hear you loud and clear. welcome aboard the space station. >> reporter: along with his brother mark back on earth, the kelly brothers are the subject of nasas twin study. the goal, measure the impact prolonged space flight has on the human body, physically and mentally, in anticipat...

Back on earth, the kelly brothers are subjects of nasas twin study. the goal? measure the impact for long space flight on the human body. physically and mentally, in anticipation of years-long missions to mars and beyond. >> scott kelly landed back on earth in 2016 after spending a record-setting 340 days in space. in july, i traveled to palo alto, california, for an exclusive interview with ceo elizabeth holmes who had been laying low for months following damning reporting by "the wall street...

Kelly will take part in studies to find out how low gravity impact his eyes, heart, bones, even his brain. about 1/3 of american astronauts have developed vision problems. it may be because without gravity, bodily fluids float up to their heads causing structural change in their eyes. that theory has never been fully tested. nasa scientist have documented cardiac arith mays and -- arrhthymias and more. also astronauts are at greater risk for broken bones and osteoporosis. how is being confined o...

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Your behavior? nasa says knowing this is crucial if were ever going to mars or deep space. but how do we know if being in space is the cause of kellys body changes? nasa has the perfect specimen to compare him to. his twin brother, retired astronaut mark kelly. mark kelly has volunteered for nasas twin study to see how the identical twins change over a year in very different environments. so mark will be here on earth getting poked and prodded by researchers while scott makes history in orbit. k...

Typical stay for an american on the international space station. >> if we ever want to send someone to mars we must first learn what it takes for a person to live in space for long periods of time. >> we know what the effect is for a six month mission. bone loss, muscle loss, the effects on our immune system. now we need to know what it is between six months and a year. >> scotts brother captain mark kelly is no stranger to space either. >> i have 54 days in space. >> this time marks mission is ...

Full year in space but will be a participant in the first-ever nasa twin study with his brother mark, who will remain on earth. during the study, scientist also conduct the same series of tests on the twin brothers to determine the effects of long duration space travel on the human body. joining me now via skype from kazakhstan is mark kelly. hes an nbc news and msnbc space and aviation analyst and a former astronaut and naval aviator. mark, so they have dragged you back in for this final missio...

Mark kelly married to former congressman gabby giffords and his brother are about to embark on space travel. mark kelly will blast off in kazakhstan tomorrow for a one-year mission to the international space station. not only will scott kelly become the first american to spend a full year in space but will be a participant in the first-ever nasa twin study with his brother mark who will remain on earth. during the study, scientist also conduct the same series of tests on the twin brothers to det...