Record-breaking NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Answers Your Questions

Record-breaking NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Answers Your Questions

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei answered social media questions on March 10 and reflected on his record-breaking spaceflight. When Vande Hei returns to Earth on March 30, 2022, he will have spent a total of 355 days in space, the longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut. Vande Hei is living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei's Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/mark-t-vande-hei/biography

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Expedition 66 Crew:

Commander: Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov 

European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer Matthias Maurer (DLR/German Aerospace Center)

NASA (U.S.) Flight Engineers: Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 12 seconds

Release Date: March 15, 2022

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