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.
Most falling off toenail will indeed grow bask after fungal infection or severe injuries. However, this might take a long time. With the toe, an injured nail will grow back in around 6 month to a year period after detached. However, this might be various among people, depending on some factors. The nail grow from the matrix, which lies beneath the nails.