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NASA Astronaut Back on Earth After Russia Joked About Leaving Him in Space
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7dnad/nasa-astronaut-back-on-earth-after-russia-joked-about-leaving-him-in-space
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei safely returned to Earth in a Russian spacecraft on Wednesday after spending 355 days on the International Space Station, a stint that set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by an American.
This achievement, and the safe arrival of Vande Hei and his Russian crewmates Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, occurred amid rising tensions between Russia and Western nations over the invasion of Ukraine. There was even debate about whether Russia might simply leave Vande Hei in space after the country’s space agency released a provocative and trollish video.