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Roscosmos to bring US astronaut back to Earth March 30 as scheduled

14 March 2022 12:55 (UTC +04:00)

Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos has never given its partners the slightest chance to doubt its reliability. The US astronaut due to return to Earth soon will do so as scheduled on board Russia’s space capsule vehicle on March 30, the space corporation said on Monday, APA reports citing TASS.

Earlier, some US media expressed doubts if Russia would agree to take US astronaut Mark Vande Hei back to Earth amid the sanctions imposed on Russia over the situation in Ukraine.

"US astronaut Mark Vande Hei will travel back home in the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft together with Russia’s Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov on March 30. Roscosmos has never let anybody doubt its reliability as a partner," the Roscosmos’ press-service has said.

The corporation stressed that the ISS crew’s safety has always been its top priority.