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Houston, TX – Today, U.S. House Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian Babin (TX-36) and Representative of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, met with Astronaut Scott Kelly, who landed last month after spending nearly a year on the International Space Station (ISS). Kelly, who just announced his retirement from the NASA Astronaut Corp., is a veteran of four space flights and has spent more time in space than any other U.S. Astronaut. 

During his year-long ISS expedition mission, Kelly conducted many health and life science research experiments, using his twin brother, former astronaut Mark Kelly, as a baseline so that researchers could better understand the impacts of long-duration spaceflight on the human body.  By further understanding and mitigating these health risks, it will help enable deeper space missions – including to Mars.

Rep. Babin congratulated Commander Kelly on his successful mission, thanked him for his decades of dedicated service to our country as an Astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt., and closed their discussion by wishing him the best in his retirement.