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MAR 27, 2015 07:01 PM PDT

An Identical Twin Spending One Year In Space Infographic

WRITTEN BY: Andrew J. Dunlop

Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year in space at the ISS to study the effects of long-duration space missions on the human body. Meanwhile, his identical twin, Mark Kelley will be here on earth.

About the Author

Andrew J. Dunlop

Andrew J. Dunlop lives and writes in a little town near Boston. He's interested in space, the Earth, and the way that humans and other species live on it.

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