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The Latest: 2 spacemen headed home after year aloft

In this Jan. 21, 2016 photo made available by NASA, one-year mission crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, left, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos their 300th consecutive day in space. The pair will land March 1 after spending a total of 340 days in space. (NASA via AP)
In this Jan. 21, 2016 photo made available by NASA, one-year mission crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, left, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos their 300th consecutive day in space. The pair will land March 1 after spending a total of 340 days in space. (NASA via AP) In this Jan. 21, 2016 photo made available by NASA, one-year mission crew members Scott Kelly of NASA, left, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos their 300th consecutive day in space. The pair will land March 1 after spending a total of 340 days in space. (NASA via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The Latest on the return of NASA’s Scott Kelly and Russia’s Mikhail Korniekno from a year in space (all times EST):

8:02 p.m.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is on his way back to Earth to end an unprecedented yearlong mission in space for NASA.

Kelly and his Russian roommate for the past year, Mikhail Kornienko, checked out of the International Space Station on Tuesday night, U.S. time. Their Soyuz capsule undocked from the orbiting lab and aimed for a touchdown 3½ hours later – on Wednesday – in Kazakhstan

Kelly and Kornienko have spent 340 consecutive days in space. By the time the Soyuz lands, the pair will have circled the world 5,440 times.