Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday congratulated NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei for his record-breaking 355-day stay in space, which ended when he returned to Earth late last month.
"I hope you know and feel that our nation, our planet, is so thankful to you for your years of dedicated service certainly to our country," Harris said to Vande Hei in a phone call from her West Wing office, shown in a video the vice president's office published online."Welcome home.
has repeatedly reaffirmed that it continues to work closely with Russian space agency Roscosmos.Read MoreLast week, Harris -- who chairs the National Space Council -- announced that the Biden administration would implement a self-imposed ban on anti-satellite weapons tests in an effort to encourage more responsible behavior in space. The move came five months after a successful test of a Russian ground-based missile, which hit a defunct Soviet-era satellite.
scientists and doctors more information to better understand whether long-term human spaceflight makes astronauts more susceptible to injuries on returning to Earth. Results will also help design protective measures in future spacecraft."The astronaut told Harris that he felt the whole experience was a privilege."It definitely felt like a privilege to get the opportunity to be up in space that long," Vande Hei said."So, thanks to the country for making that a possibility.
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