American astronaut will return to Earth "hitching a ride" on a Russian spacecraft.
American astronaut Mark Vande Hei, 55, will travel aboard a Russian capsule to Kazakhstan.
247 - American astronaut Mark Vande Hei, 55, who has been in space for 355 days, will return to Earth "hitching a ride" on a Russian spacecraft. Initially, it was believed that Mark Vande Hei might be left behind on the International Space Station (ISS) as a result of tensions between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine.
But, according to BBC reportIt has been confirmed that he will travel aboard a Russian capsule to Kazakhstan. He will be brought back to Earth along with two Russian astronauts.
"I can say with certainty that Mark is returning home...", stated Joel Montalbano, program manager for the International Space Station at NASA, the American space agency. "We are in communication with our Russian colleagues. There is no doubt about that," he added.
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