Nasa ISS return tracker – Record-breaking astronaut Mark Vande Hei finally returns to Earth onboard Russian rocket
A NASA astronaut has finally landed on Earth after Russia threatened to abandon him in space.
Mark Vande Hei, 55, is returned from the International Space Station on March 29 and 30 onboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Vande Hei and two Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, landed shortly after 07.28am ET (12.28am UK time).
The three cosmonauts had been stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which orbits roughly 250 miles above Earth.
The event was live-streamed for free on Nasa’s website and official YouTube channel.
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