Mark Thomas Vande Hei

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Mark Vande Hei
Mark Vande Hei
Mark Vande Hei
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
Space flights

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

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