A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth Wednesday from the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian spacecraft
Mark Vande Hei, in glasses, Anton Shkaplerov, giving a thumbs-up, and Pyotr Dubrov, waving his hand, inside their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after they landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.Mark Vande Hei, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, and Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, representing the Russian space agency Roscosmos, returned to ground at 7:28 a.m. ET, according to NASA.
During livestreamed comments before the flight, Mr. Vande Hei said the space station shows how humanity can cooperate and build connections. “This is a very challenging time for international relations,” he said.Roscosmos Space Agency/Associated Press Leaders at the U.S. space agency have said operations at the facility have carried on uninterrupted, despite the split over the war.
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