Mark Vande-Hei: Last News

Elon Musk has offered to step in to save him.Mark Vande Hei is current on the Russian-built International Space Station, and is due to return home at the end of this month.But his mother Mary has now told how she was reduced to tears after Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin said that Mr Vande Hei faces a real possibility of being left out there. Roscomos head Mr Rogozin, speaking about most sanctions against Russia after its invasion into Ukraine, said: “Do you want to destroy our co-operation on the ISS? “If you block co-operation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled de-orbit and fall into the United States or Europe?”And 77-year-old Mary told the Mail on Sunday: “It’s a terrible threat.

Russia's space agency has denied it threatened to leave a US astronaut stranded alone in orbit while on a mission. Mark Vande Hei is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and according to reports from news outlets, he was going to be deserted following alleged threats from the head of the agency.However, it has since been reported that the allegations are not true and the astronaut will still be able to return to Earth on a Russian spacecraft, reports Live Science.Vande Hei is set to return on March 30, 2022, after enduring 355 consecutive days in Earth's orbit following the launch of his mission on April 9 last year, NASA confirmed.Arrangements will see the American land in Kazakhstan alongside Russian cosmonauts, Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov and Commander Anton Shkaplerov on the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship.