CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) U.S. astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries.
Retired Army Col. Mark Vande Hei who on Tuesday breaks the U.S. single spaceflight record of 340 days is due to leave with two Russians aboard a Soyuz capsule for a touchdown in Kazakhstan on March 30.
A U.S. astronaut has made it through nearly a year in space but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth