Mark Thomas Vande Hei
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 29, 2009 ( 20th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | 12th September 2017 |
| Landing: | February 28, 2018 |
| Time in space: | 168d 05h 14min |
| EVA inserts: | 4th |
| EVA total duration: | 26h 42min |
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Mark Thomas Vande Hei (born November 10, 1966 in Falls Church , Virginia ) is an American astronaut .
Astronaut activity
Vande Hei was elected to NASA's 20th astronaut group on June 29, 2009. He completed his basic training in June 2011.
On September 12, 2017, Vande Hei took off on his first space flight. As the flight engineer of the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft , he flew to the ISS together with Alexander Missurkin and Joseph Acaba . There he worked as an engineer on ISS expeditions 53 and 54 . On October 5, 2017, he went on his first spacecraft mission with Randolph Bresnik . The return took place on February 28, 2018.
Private
Vande Hei is married and has two children. His hobbies are cycling, hiking, canoeing, diving and windsurfing.
Web links
Commons : Mark Vande Hei - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Mark Thomas Vande Hei on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- Spacefacts: short biography
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| SURNAME | Vande Hei, Mark Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Falls Church , Virginia |