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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/14\/22977362\/russia-roscosmos-nasa-space-station-mark-vande-hei<\/a>
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Last week, a flurry of news reports worryingly claimed that Russia was threatening to strand an American astronaut on the International Space Station in direct response to sanctions placed on the country as it continues to invade neighboring Ukraine. But Russia\u2019s state space corporation Roscosmos is trying to put <\/strong>those fears to rest, saying <\/strong>that it will bring home the astronaut as planned.<\/p>\n

The NASA astronaut in question is Mark Vande Hei, who has been living on the International Space Station since April 2021. <\/strong>Vande Hei launched to the ISS on a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan, along with two cosmonauts. While living on the ISS, his stay was <\/strong>extended to a full year<\/a>, and he is slated <\/strong>to return home in another Soyuz capsule on March 30th. When he returns home, he\u2019ll have the record for longest continuous spaceflight by an American astronaut, at around 353 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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