Space Station Crew Discusses Activities with Congress.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA discussed life aboard the orbital laboratory and the research they are conducting with members of the House, Science, Space and Technology Committee during an in-flight discussion Dec. 2. Chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas). Kelly is in the ninth month of his year-long mission on the station with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, gathering valuable biomedical data that will help enable NASA’s journey to Mars, while Lindgren is preparing to return to Earth Dec. 11 to complete a 141-day mission.