[▲ NASA Astronaut Mark Vandehai (Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls) smiles after returning]
March 30, 2022 Japan time, Russian manned spacecraft“Soyuz MS-19”Left the International Space Station (ISS) and returned safely to Earth.NASA on board the shipMark Vande Hei Astronautteeth,Breaking the record of continuous space stays by American astronautsdoing.
Soyuz MS-19 has RussianAstronaut Anton ShkaplerovWhenPyotr Dubrov AstronautAnd of Astronaut Van Dehai3 people board.. The ship left the ISS at 16:21 on March 30 (Japan time, unless otherwise specified) and landed in the southeast of Zhezqazghan, Republic of Kazakhstan at 20:28 on the same day.
Of 3 peopleAstronaut Vandehai and Astronaut DubrovThe two are manned spacecraft launched on April 9, 2021.“Soyuz MS-18” Yuri Gagarin “”And arrived at the ISS on the same day.Both will join the ISS as members of the Expedition 64-66 long-term stay crew.355 daysI stayed. again,Astronaut ShkaplerovWill join the ISS from October 5, 2021 as a member of the Expedition 65 and 66th Expedition Crew.176 daysStay and stay for the 66th long-term stayCaptain (Commander)I am serving.
[▲ThemomenttheSoyuzMS-19returnmodulelandedonthelandofKazakhstan(Credit:NASA/BillIngalls)]
The number of consecutive days spent in space by American astronauts so far is that of former NASA astronauts.Scott Kellyaccording to340 days(March 27, 2015-March 1, 2016) was the longest, but Astronaut Van Dehai has returned by breaking this record this time. In addition, this is the second space flight for Astronaut Van Dehai, and the total number of days spent in space, including past flights, has been extended to 523 days.
connection:Astronaut NASA Van Dehai breaks record of consecutive days in space by Americans
In addition, Russia has been sanctioned by the United States and other countries for embarking on a military invasion of Ukraine, and at the Guiana Space Center“Soyuz”Suspended rocket launch and joint Mars exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos“ExoMars”Space development and space exploration are also affected, such as the decision to cancel the launch in 2022.
Under such circumstances, Astronaut Van DehaiReturn to Earth by Russian spacecraft as originally plannedDid. According to NASA, the three astronauts once moved to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, then Vandehai to his home in Houston, and Shkaplerov and Dubrov to the star city on the outskirts of Moscow. He said he would return home.
[▲ Three astronauts who returned. From left: Astronaut Vandehai, Astronaut Shkaplerov, Astronaut Dubrov (Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls)]
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