Twins to test human body's limits in space

24 March 2015 - 10:35
By Staff reporter

Being genetically identical will allow twins Mark and Scott Kelly to do something entirely unique. The UK's Sky News has reported that Scott will spend a year aboard the International Space Station while his brother stays on Earth.Once Scott returns Nasa will measure the effects long-duration space flight has had on his body, using Mark as a control.

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