US Astronaut Ends Record-Long Spaceflight in Russian Capsule
NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
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A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war. Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency’s Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space, and Anton Shkaplerov. Wind blew the capsule onto its side following touchdown, and the trio emerged…