An American astronaut has arrived back to Earth after spending 355 days at the International Space Station, a U.S. record. NASA’s Mark Vande Hei landed in a Russian Soyuz capsule on Wednesday in Kazakhstan. He flew back to Earth with Russian Space Agency’s Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. Dubrov had also spent the last year in space. Vande Hei was the last one out of the capsule. He smiled and waved as he was carried to a chair in the open Kazakh grasslands. “It’s beautiful out here,” Vande Hei said. Despite rising tensions between the United States and Russia over Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine, Vande Hei’s return followed a usual process. A small NASA team of doctors was on hand for the touchdown. The medical workers planned to return immediately to Texas with the 55-year-old Vande Hei. Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vande Hei said he was avoiding the subject with his two Russian crewmates at the International Space Station. Vande Hei and Dubrov launched on April 9, 2021. Shkaplerov joined them at the International Space Station last October. “People have problem on Earth. On orbit ... we are one crew,” Shkaplerov said in a live NASA TV broadcast Tuesday. The space station, he added, represents “friendship and cooperation and ... future of exploration of space.”
Title: US Astronaut Returns to Earth on Russian Spacecraft
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5471/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Astronaut Returns to Earth on Russian Spacecraft' data-article-id='6064'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14500'>An American astronaut has arrived back to Earth after spending 355 days at the International Space Station, a U.S. record.</span> <span data-start-time='14500' data-end-time='23813'>NASA’s Mark Vande Hei landed in a Russian Soyuz capsule on Wednesday in Kazakhstan. </span> <span data-start-time='23813' data-end-time='33854'>He flew back to Earth with Russian Space Agency’s Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. </span> <span data-start-time='33854' data-end-time='38583'>Dubrov had also spent the last year in space.</span> <span data-start-time='38583' data-end-time='42792'>Vande Hei was the last one out of the capsule. </span> <span data-start-time='42792' data-end-time='50458'>He smiled and waved as he was carried to a chair in the open Kazakh grasslands.</span> <span data-start-time='50458' data-end-time='54813'>“It’s beautiful out here,” Vande Hei said.</span> <span data-start-time='54813' data-end-time='68792'>Despite rising tensions between the United States and Russia over Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine, Vande Hei’s return followed a usual process. </span> <span data-start-time='68792' data-end-time='75063'>A small NASA team of doctors was on hand for the touchdown. </span> <span data-start-time='75063' data-end-time='83417'>The medical workers planned to return immediately to Texas with the 55-year-old Vande Hei.</span> <span data-start-time='83417' data-end-time='96646'>Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vande Hei said he was avoiding the subject with his two Russian crewmates at the International Space Station.</span> <span data-start-time='96646' data-end-time='102458'>Vande Hei and Dubrov launched on April 9, 2021. </span> <span data-start-time='102458' data-end-time='109292'>Shkaplerov joined them at the International Space Station last October.</span> <span data-start-time='109292' data-end-time='111854'>“People have problem on Earth. </span> <span data-start-time='111854' data-end-time='120167'>On orbit ... we are one crew,” Shkaplerov said in a live NASA TV broadcast Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='120167' data-end-time='130896'>The space station, he added, represents “friendship and cooperation and ... future of exploration of space.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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