Vande Hei

Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight Engineer for Expedition 53, 54, 64, 65, and 66 on the International Space Station. He is married to Julie Vande Hei.

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NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Discusses Record-Breaking Spaceflight and Russian Crewmates

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei reflects on record 355 days in space

Russian cosmonauts 'blindsided' by controversy over arriving at ISS in yellow spacesuits. Vande Hei: Russian crewmates 'dear friends' and declined to reveal how the Russians on board felt about the invasion of Ukraine

On the Space Station, U.S. and Russian astronauts steer around the war in Ukraine. “All I can say is, we haven’t talked about that too much,” Vande Hei said. “I’m not sure we really want to go there.”