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March 29, 2022 08:00 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/22996778/nasa-astronaut-mark-vande-hei-russian-soyuz-return-space-station
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei scheduled to return to Earth in Russian space capsule
Record-breaking NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station on early March 30th, coming back in a Russian Soyuz rocket along with two Russian cosmonauts. His scheduled journey back to the planet has been an ongoing source of strife these last few weeks, as tensions have dramatically soured between the United States and Russia after the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.
Vande Hei has been on the ISS since April 2021, when he launched from Kazakhstan on another Soyuz rocket. He was originally going to stay on board for just six months, the standard length of stay for most astronauts on the ISS. But in September, NASA announced that Vande Hei’s stay had been extended to better accommodate a few...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/22996778/nasa-astronaut-mark-vande-hei-russian-soyuz-return-space-station
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