Mark Vande Heycosmonaut Mr. NASA, the date of his return to Earth was confirmed. Tomorrow, March 30, Vande Hey and astronauts Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrov boarded the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a return flight to our planet. The return put an end to rumors and doubts about a possible boycott by Roscosmos of the cosmonaut from NASA.

Friendly speech when changing teams

Before leaving Shkaplerov passed on Tuesday, the 29th, by command International Space Station (ISS) for astronaut Thomas Marshburn. The cosmonaut has been the commander of Expedition 66 since November 6 last year. In his farewell speech, the Russian joked about the wreckage of satellites (a test target of a Russian anti-satellite missile) that passed very close to ISS. “Some satellites tried to kill us, but we worked a lot together,” joked Shkaplerov.

The Russian appears to have mentioned the war in Ukraine during his speech. “On Earth, people have problems. In orbit we are one. ISS is a symbol of friendship and cooperation, as a symbol of future space exploration,” he said. astronaut.

OUR Union which will take three crews ISS Back to Earth will land in Kazakhstan (very beautiful) around 8:28 am (Brazil time). Mark Vande Hey will return to the United States on his own plane NASA.

Rumors of threats to Vande Hey

In mid-March, news began to surface around the world that Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, had dumped Marc Vande Hey on the International Space Station (ISS). However, there were no threats from the department, not even a tweet from the director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. The basis of this news was a video prepared by the TV newspaper RIA Novosti in a “humorous” tone. Video shared roscosmos on your channel telegram.

Sanctions applied US Against Russia also raised concerns that Roskomos may retaliate by ending cooperation between the Russian agency and NASA. With the outbreak of war in Ukraine and tensions between countries ISSbut NASA confirmed that this would not affect interagency cooperation.

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