By Elizabeth Landau, CNN. Capt. Scott Kelly, a veteran astronaut, will set the record for the longest single space mission for an American, NASA announced Monday. Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will embark on a one-year mission to the International Space Station in 2015.
Do a personâs hair and fingernails continue to grow after death? Hair and fingernails may appear longer after death, but not because they are still growing. Instead, a persons fingernails and hair may appear longer because the skin around them has retracted, according to the Dermatology Clinic at UAMS. After death, dehydration causes the skin and other soft tissues to shrink.
Many nail biters wonder how long it will take until their fingernails have fully grown out and returned to their ânormalâ shape. To answer the question, letâs first examine how exactly fingernails grow.Fingernails are composed of protein fibers called keratin which is the same protein hair is made of.any nail biters wonder how long it will take until their fingernails have fully grown out and returned to their ânormalâ shape. To answer the question, letâs first examine how exactly fingernails grow.