NASA astronaut Scott Kelly speaks after coming home to Houston March 3, 2016. Behind Kelly, from left to right: Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden; Kelly's identical twin brother, Mark; White House Science Adviser John Holdren; NASA Administrator Charles Bolden; and former astronaut Ellen Ochoa, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.

In his last press conference while on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly said that, after returning home from spending nearly a year in space, one of the first things he would do would be to jump into his pool.

He was true to his word.

He tweeted a video Thursday that showed him standing in the darkness next to a pool and then jumping — or, more accurately, falling — in.

“Oh, man, that feels good,” he said.

The video was presumably shot shortly after a ceremony late Wednesday night after the plane returning him from Russia landed in Houston.

He also received at the ceremony gifts from Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden: beer and apple pie.

“That’s what he said he wanted, so that’s what I brought him,” Biden said.

Great to be back on #Earth. There’s no place like #home! Taking the plunge after my #Houston arrival. #YearInSpacehttps://t.co/NhyLTbqcxS

— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) March 3, 2016

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