article_snippet: Mustache-less Mark Kelly (bottom) arrived at the International Space Station on Friday night following a launch from Kazakhstan.
article_snippet: Mustache-less Mark Kelly (bottom) will remain on board for 342 days, until next March, with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko.
article_snippet: It's like coming to my old home,' said Kelly, who spent five months at the International Space Station in 2010-2011.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, wished Kelly, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and the rest of the crew the best of luck and noted that the yearlong mission is an important milestone on the path to sending humans to Mars in the mid-2030s. '
article_snippet: Since the men left for space, Mark Kelly had a chance to speak with the astronauts once Mark Kelly got to the International Space Station.
article_snippet: In a Tweet Richard Kelly, a retired and widowed police officer wrote, 'Got to talk to @StationCDRKelly & crewmates after they made it safely aboard the International Space Station.
article_snippet: Astronaut Scott Kelly (left), Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (center) and Mikhail Kornienko (right) of the Russian Federal Space Agency left for the International Space Station on Friday .
article_snippet: M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko blasts off from the launch pad at Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome early on Friday .
highlights_snippet: Scott Kelly headed into space on Friday for a year-long stay at the International Space Station .
  