One Year Crew Ready for the Ride Home

Before climbing aboard the Soyuz spacecraft that would take them back to Earth on Mar. 1, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and cosmonauts Sergey Volkov and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos said farewell to the crew staying onboard the International Space Station. Kelly, Kornienko and Volkov then boarded the Soyuz and prepared for the trip home.