WATCH LIVE: Scott Kelly Returns After One Year In Space, Coverage Starts At 3:10 p.m. ET

By  //  March 1, 2016

Live Coverage Courtesy Of NASA TV

ABOVE VIDEO: NASA Television will provide complete coverage Tuesday, March 1, as three crew members depart the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos – the station’s first one-year crew.

NASA Television will provide complete coverage Tuesday, March 1, as three crew members depart the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos – the station’s first one-year crew.

NASA Television coverage will begin at 3:10 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 29, when Kelly hands over command of the station to fellow NASA astronaut Tim Kopra.

Coverage continues through Kelly’s return to Houston Wednesday and post-flight briefings on Friday. Complete coverage is as follows:

Monday, Feb. 29

3:10 p.m. — Change of command ceremony (Scott Kelly hands over space station command to Tim Kopra)

Tuesday, March 1

4:15 p.m. — Farewell and hatch closure coverage; hatch closure scheduled at 4:40 p.m.
7:45 p.m. — Undocking coverage; undocking scheduled at 8:05 p.m.
10:15 p.m. — Deorbit burn and landing coverage; deorbit burn scheduled at 10:34 p.m., with landing at 11:27 p.m. (10:27 a.m. on March 2, Kazakhstan time)

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Wednesday, March 2

1:30 a.m. — Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities
11:45 p.m. — Live coverage of Kelly’s Return to Houston (based on current landing and transportation plans). Second Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. John P. Holdren, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and Kelly’s identical twin brother and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will be in Houston to welcome Kelly home. The event will be pooled press only.

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NASA Television will provide complete coverage Tuesday, March 1, as three crew members depart the International Space Station, including NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos – the station’s first one-year crew. (NASA.gov image)

Friday, March 4

11 a.m. — NASA scientists and medical doctors from NASA’s Johnson Space Center will answer questions about the science behind the one-year mission on Reddit.com. Submit questions at http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA.
1 p.m. — Media Briefing: Key members from NASA’s science community will discuss the research accomplishments and the next steps for the more than 400 experiments that took place during

Kelly’s year in space. The briefing participants are:

• Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program chief scientist
• John Charles, Human Research Program associate manager for international science
• Mark Kelly, brother to Scott Kelly, Twins Study participant and former NASA astronaut

2 p.m — Media Briefing: Scott Kelly will share his personal perspective on the mission and answer questions about his time at the space station.