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Crave ​Ep. 232: Some things we learned from Scott Kelly's year in space

Scott Kelly returned to Earth last week with some serious frequent-flier miles, a vast knowledge of microgravity gardening, and a few more inches of height.

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Stephen Beacham
Kelsey Adams
Leslie Katz
Amanda Kooser
Eric Mack
Michelle Starr

This week on Crave we learn what American astronaut Scott Kelly got up to while aboard the International Space Station for a record-breaking 340 days that left him older, wiser and taller. Robots and space gardening in microgravity...It's the Crave show!

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Relive astronaut Scott Kelly's trailblazing year in space (pictures)

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One giant leaf for mankind: Astronauts eat lettuce grown in space

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