For nearly a year, American astronaut Scott Kelly has been living and working at the International Space Station (ISS), with no running water. He told reporters Thursday that it is like camping in the woods for a year. He said the fact that everything floats up there, makes daily life “more difficult.” It is “somewhat of a harsh environment” he said. “You don’t feel perfectly normal.” He and his Russian partner, Mikhail Kornienko, are scheduled to return to Earth March 1. They will travel in a Russian spacecraft and land in Kazakhstan. Kelly said that he feels “pretty good” physically, and that he could go another 100 days, or longer, “if I had to.” But the first thing he said he will do after NASA tests him, is jump in his pool in Houston, Texas. He said the hardest part of the journey has been being isolated physically from people on the ground who are important to him. He says it has been a privilege to be on the ISS.

What does isolated mean?
important event
separated from persons or things
making a judgement
very important
What did Kelly compare living on the ISS to?
going to college
hunting
camping
training for a marathon
Kelly said the first thing he will do when he gets back is jump in his pool.
pool
house
bed
trampoline