Tim Peake's had some major changes on board the ISS recently - early this morning Commander of the Space Station, Scott Kelly returned to earth after a staggering 340 days in space. He left Earth early last year and hasn't been back since. The job now lies in figuring out Earth - and the minor change of gravity!
Only one person has beaten this record of 340 days which Scott shares with two other Russian crewmates - Valeri Polakov who spent 14 months aboard the Mir Space Station. What's even more special about Scott's time in space is that now, NASA can look at what 11 months in space does to his body, with Scott's identical twin and all because Scott's twin is genetically identical they can directly compare what 11 months in space does to your body.
Across his year in space, he's tweeted 1,000 images, worked on hundreds of experiments, carried out many space walks and above all he's looked at our planet in a totally new way. Follow @StationCDRKelly as he rediscovers planet Earth.
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