Agencies choose yearlong crew for International Space Station

November 27, 2012

NASA and have chosen the crew for a year long stay at the International Space Station. Data collected may help in future manned exploration of the solar system.

and have been chosen by NASA and Roscosmos respectively. The two are veterans of ISS and were chosen for their station experience and skill.

"Their skills and previous experience aboard the space station align with the mission's requirements. The one-year increment will expand the bounds of how we live and work in space and will increase our knowledge regarding the effects of on  as we prepare for future missions beyond " said NASA administrator William Gerstenmaier.

The pair are to launch sometime in the spring of 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and return in spring 2016. Possible NASA deep space mission destinations include, the Moon, and Mars.