March 31, 2022 11:03 AM
NASA astronaut caught Russian ride back to Earth; Russian Shkaplerov says, people have problems on earth, but on orbit we are one crew
Despite escalating tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine crisis, a NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth yesterday after a U.S. record of 355 days at the International Space Station. Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov.<br />''<br />''Before departing the space station, Mr Shkaplerov said, people have problems on earth, but on orbit we are one crew. In...