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NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is pictured after landing on Earth

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is pictured after landing on Earth
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is pictured after landing on Earth with fellow Expedition 66 crew members.

nhq202203300003 (March 30, 2022) — NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls