NASA confirms U.S. astronaut will return with cosmonauts on Russian spacecraft later this month
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While Russian forces invade Ukraine and the West responds with unprecedented sanctions, an American astronaut is preparing to hitch a ride with two cosmonauts on a Russian spacecraft back to Earth from the International Space Station later this month.
Cosmonauts of the Russian space agency Roscosmos Pyotr Dubrov, Oleg Novitskiy and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei pose for a picture during a training session ahead of their expedition to the International Space Station in Star City, Russia March 20, 2021 (Andrey Shelepin/GCTC/Russian space agency Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS ) The International Space Station crew members Mark Vande Hei of NASA, cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos walk to depart to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan April 9, 2021. (Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS ) The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan April 9, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS) The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking. (NASA) In this image taken from video and made available by NASA, astronauts Douglas Wheelock, top, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson work on the International Space Station to restore a crucial cooling system. (NASA)
There were some fears after Russia invaded Ukraine that the cosmonauts would ditch Vande Hei when they return to Earth in a couple of weeks.
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