INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana native who’s commanding the International Space Station said Thursday he’s looking forward to a visit back home after he returns from his five months in orbit.

Astronaut Kevin Ford spoke via video hookup to the Indiana Senate in the Statehouse, where his older brother, David, was a state senator when he died of cancer in 2008.

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