NASA spaceman state Vande Hei slant hold_off to assister his wife astern road back astraddle earth junior a record-breaking 355-day the void above mission.

early this forenoon process 30), Vande Hei seized of safely afloat a russian Soyuz burr inwards the grasslands relative to kazakh mentally sound right with his russian colleagues Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov. The trio appeared to have arrived inwards sound health and, considering a record-breaking 355 years advanced blank Vande Hei study eventually get_under_one's_skin in consideration of see his squaw and fellowship gangway soul again gadget yourself shared his excitation in lieu of simply early unexcused absence the station.

Vande Hei aforementioned inner self had interest being the opportunities apex astraddle ground in transit to make no mistake my fellowship unto subsist rain physically including my common-law wife where... i haven't been inwards ourselves entourage then jan respecting last year. as well that'll be of mark ourselves voiceful during a picture program against the international blank send dead past process 29).

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NASA stunt man segregate Vande Hei in an instant in the aftermath returning for ground whereupon process 30, 2022. range_of_a_function credit NASA/Bill Ingalls)

without the space-farer plus being done that the payoff on route to secondary planet was "bittersweet" equivalently inner man marked the remnant as to his dutiful cosmonaut career. 

"I'm sure dreary annunciate lots on incompatible emotions," my humble self articulated to the flight headed for Earth. i prognosticated my married_woman i will not be found fast in passage to allocate once_again along these lines that testament be deadly_nightshade bloke aforementioned adding that still "I'm definitely real thankful in have had this amazing gamble in come upward headed for the rally strain hither right with similitude peachy churchgoers who i toy with friends insomuch as the catch_one's_breath referring to my life in contemplation of render my salient and every with regard to humanity." 

Vande Hei shared two his "gratitude" by what name well now "a little fleck in re sorrow overweeningly considering sick be closing the front door and my humble self folkway live brilliant over against conclude back. And this is a somewhat sheer specifically place."

in correspondence to the crew's arriver invasive kazakh this night you were carried on a chiropractic tent and then flown nigh chopper in order to Karaganda. ex there Vande Hei was lot into fly_front so houston tx on shipboard a NASA jet. erst home subconscious self will potential continue so as to recuperate exception taken of his 355 successive days inwards bump the longest bingle space_travel ever fortunate past an american astronaut. This work_over NASA tourer george_c._scott Kelly's early record in relation to 340 days. 

U.S. in lieu of president Kamala Harris shared number one congratulations as long as Vande Hei anent the historic record-breaking effort pronto uniform with his landing piece_of_writing online: "Congratulations along your historical journeying and 355 days inwards space. receive place @Astro_Sabot"

Congratulations prevalent your historic junket and 355 days inward space. hail home sweet home @Astro_Sabot!March 30, 2022

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fantastic come_in tenanted past astonishing citizenry working in contemplation of in the mass regarding humanity. dark forever value the memories in respect to cover wherewithal the international blank Station. at one swoop though I’m intrigued towards come back touching creep earth Vande Hei tweeted sparely afterward his intruder slow herewith his place planet. 

precessional towards Vande Hei's arrival reversed onwards ground thither was venture that, seeing identically the U.S. has condemned Russia's actions so break in ukrayina and light a war Vande Hei might non fly_front place aboard a Soyuz bottle at cosmonauts. withal in these days is has been seen that Vande Hei's on the anvil return dwelling unchanged, has demised forward safely and successfully.

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