Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Discusses Mission with Media

Record-Breaking NASA Astronaut Discusses Mission with Media

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who returned to Earth on March 30, 2022, after spending 355 days in space, discussed his historic mission with reporters on April 5, 2022. Vande Hei broke the record for longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut during his mission aboard the International Space Station where he lived and worked 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.

Mark Vande Hei 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.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education

Release Date: April 5, 2022

Duration: 28 minutes

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

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