Record-setting NASA astronaut returns from space station with Russian crewmates
STORY: Record-setting NASA astronaut returns from space station with Russian crewmates
DATELINE: March 31, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:10
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the landing (courtesy of NASA)
STORYLINE:
After extending the record for the longest single spaceflight in history by an American to 355 days, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth on Wednesday with two Russian crewmates.
Vande Hei departed the International Space Station along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov at 3:21 a.m. Eastern Day Time (EDT), and made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 7:28 a.m. EDT southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, according to NASA.
"Mark's mission is not only record-breaking, but also paving the way for future human explorers on the Moon, Mars, and beyond," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
Vande Hei's extended mission will provide researchers the opportunity to observe the effects of long-duration spaceflight on humans
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