US astronaut completes record-breaking mission alongside Russians

Published March 30, 2022 2:12pm ET



An astronaut from the United States returned to Earth alongside two Russian compatriots on Wednesday after completing the longest mission in space to date.

Mark Vande Hei of NASA landed on Earth on a Russian craft alongside cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov. The partnership between American and Russian space agencies has continued despite tension between the two nations due to the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.

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