On March 30, Russian local time, the "Soyuz" spacecraft carrying American and Russian astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station as scheduled.

  The "Soyuz MS-19" spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut Mark Vande Hei will land in Kazakhstan on the 30th, according to the Russian Space Agency's press center. On the steppe, the descent device is expected to touch down at 14:28 Moscow time.

  According to previous reports, as of March 15, 2022 at 12:24 ET, 55-year-old NASA astronaut Mark van der Hay had a single space life of more than 340 days, setting a record for the country's The longest single spaceflight time by an astronaut.

The previous record was set by Scott Kelly on March 2, 2013.

  Earlier, some American media questioned whether Russia would refuse to send American astronauts back to Earth due to a series of sanctions caused by the situation in Ukraine.

Roscosmos stressed that the safety of the crew of the International Space Station is the most important priority.

(produced by Xu Miaoqiao)

Responsible editor: [Cheng Chunyu]