Record-breaking NASA astronaut set for return in a Russian capsule: 10 updates

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei is due to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov on March 30 after 355 days in space, a new US record. (AP) — Astronaut Mark Vande Hei is due to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov on March 30 after 355 days in space, a new US record. (AP)

3 min read . Updated: 15 Mar 2022, 09:49 AM IST Agencies

NASA continues working with all our international partners, including the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station, Dan Huot, NASA spokesperson said

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Russia-Ukraine war: Despite escalating geopolitical tensions amid Russian invasion of Ukraine, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday said that it will have no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month.

NASA continues working with all our international partners, including the State Space Corporation Roscosmos, for the ongoing safe operations of the International Space Station, Dan Huot, NASA spokesperson told ANI.

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