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NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov hug their International Space Station crewmates before boarding a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to Earth. Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev closes the hatch of the capsule. NASA, earlier in March, said tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on ISS operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month. There have been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old stranded on the outpost. There had been fears that soaring tensions between the United States and Russia over Ukraine could leave the 55-year-old Vande Hei stranded on the outpost. IMAGES
Wrapping up a 185-day mission spanning 2,960 orbits of Earth and 78.4 million miles, NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov bid farewell to their colleagues aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as they prepare to return to Earth. IMAGES
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov bid farewell to the International Space Station (ISS) as they close the hatch of the spacecraft ahead of their return to Earth after 185 days in space. [COMPLETES VIDI9877HY_EN] IMAGES
Sultan AlNeyadi of the United Arab Emirates becomes the first Arab astronaut to conduct a spacewalk as he exits an International Space Station module and joins NASA astronaut Steve Bowen to perform work aiming to upgrade the ISS's power generation capabilities. IMAGES
A ISS-bound Soyuz rocket carrying Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergei Korsakov takes off from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
Roscosmos broadcasts images of Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov performing a spacewalk outside the ISS. IMAGES