For 173 days (as of my writing), Scott has served our country in zero gravity, floating inside the International Space Station as it orbits 250 miles above our planet at 17,500 miles per hour, far away from his family and friends. On this flight alone, he has already traveled 72 million miles around Earth.
For 173 days, Scott has lived in a tough, unforgiving, and unchanging environment. The lighting hasn't changed. The temperature and humidity haven't changed. The humming and whirring of the Space Station hasn't changed.
For 173 days, there has been no warm sunshine, no cooling breeze, no thunderstorm, no patter of a rain shower, no sound of waves hitting the shore. Nothing....
