New news from the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA) says: American astronaut Mark Van der Black Vande· Hei) will return on March 30 aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft. Mark's concerns were dispelled, and the heart hanging in the air could finally be put back into his stomach, and then Mark should be able to sleep well.
Recently, with the extreme deterioration of relations between Russia and the United States, they are about to reach the point of "old and dead do not interact with each other", although the United States is interested in cooperation on the International Space Station, Russia seems to have no interest, and whether the two countries can continue to cooperate has become a big "question mark"?
Mark's heart hung in the air
On February 26, Russian Federation Space Agency Director Rogozin Dmitry Oregovich warned the United States on Twitter that if the United States continued to "impose sanctions" on Russia in such an unreasonable way, Russia might have to end its cooperation with the United States on the space station early.
What Rogozin means is: Doesn't the United States want the Islamic Space Station to be postponed to 2030? Then we may be going to disappoint you, end the cooperation, without our cabin, without the power system of the International Space Station will crash early, the big guy weighing more than 440 tons could crash on the us turf.
You may not know that the Russian module is mainly responsible for the space station flight attitude and orbital altitude, every once in a while, the Russian module engine will be ignited once, increase the orbital altitude, whenever dangerous debris is found to arrive, the Russian module also has to start the engine to avoid debris.
On March 6, Russian media released a virtual video showing the International Space Station falling apart, first the Russian and American astronauts bid a deep farewell, then the U.S. module separated from the Russian module, and then the U.S. module without a power system fell into the atmosphere and turned into a dazzling meteor.
If you have to think of this virtual video as a warning, this should be the second time Russia has warned the United States: our cooperation may be over, you play yours, I play mine, how your results are, I can't care.
Many people believe that Russia and the United States have already made such a fuss, and the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft may no longer return to the ground with American astronaut Mark Van der Black, so that Mark is not only a person hanging in space, but also his heart is hanging in the air, because he has been staying on the International Space Station for nearly a year.
U.S. astronaut Mark confirmed that he would return on the Russian spacecraft
On March 14, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA) told reporters that the Russian Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft is scheduled to return to the ground on March 30, and its crew includes American astronaut Mark Van der Black.
This incident shows Russia's great power style, you are not merciful, but I have righteousness, continue to fulfill the obligations of the International Space Station, some people use a word to describe Russia's spaceflight: to complain about Germany, I think it is very appropriate, the facts are in front of us, since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States sanctions on Russia have been constantly increasing.
As soon as the news came out, Mark must have secretly been happy, and finally dispelled his worries, and the heart that had been hanging for several days could finally be put back into his stomach, and then, Mark should be able to sleep well on the space station, pack up his things, and in a dozen days, his feet could land on the ground.
Why didn't Mark return in a U.S. spaceship?
The United States already has the SpaceX Manned Dragon spacecraft, why don't American astronauts return in the American spacecraft? It's not that you don't want to sit, because you can't sit up at all.
On April 9, 2021, Mark entered the International Space Station aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, accompanied by two astronauts, Peter Dubrov and Oleg Nowitzki, who initially planned to let Mark stay on the International Space Station for only 6 months before returning on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft.
All along, spaceflight has followed a "convention", you come with that spacecraft, you take that spacecraft to leave, the same is true for the launch of manned spacecraft on the mainland, and add the title of spacecraft in front of the astronaut, such as Shenzhou 12 astronaut, Shenzhou 13 astronaut. Mark entered the International Space Station on the Soyuz spacecraft and will return to the ground in the Soyuz spacecraft.
According to the plan, Mark should return to the ground in October 2021, but a new situation has emerged on the Russian side: Russian beauty star Yulia Peresild and the director entered the International Space Station in October 2021 aboard the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with the aim of making a science fiction movie.
Yulia is not a space agency astronaut, people go back immediately after filming, plus a director, but also must be accompanied by an experienced Russian astronaut, so there are no extra seats on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft that returns in November 2021, and American astronaut Mark naturally did not return with him.
In April 2021, the United States launched a SpacX manned Dragon spacecraft that would ship R. Shane Kimbrough, K. Megan MacArthur, Akihiko Hoshiide and Thomas Pesker were sent to the International Space Station, where the Crew Dragon spacecraft had only 4 seats, leaving Mark in the sky again in November 2021 when the Crew Dragon spacecraft returned to the surface.
Mark had to extend his stay, working overtime on the International Space Station, waiting for the next return of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and waited until now, march 14, Russia confirmed that Mark would return to the ground on March 30, 2022 aboard the Soyuz spacecraft.
At last
From April 9, 2021 to March 30, 2022, Mark stayed in the sky for 355 days, almost a year, breaking the "longest spaceflight record" of 353 days for American astronauts, Mark is now 56 years old, his hair has been gray, he stayed in space for such a long time, and he didn't know if his body could eat it after he returned? Hope everything is all right.
In addition, the mainland Shenzhou 13 astronauts stayed on the Chinese space station for 6 months, and now they are almost returning from the International Space Station, hoping to return triumphantly, 2022, will be a crucial year for the construction of the Chinese space station, according to the plan, at least 6 missions. Interesting and informative scientific content, please pay attention to the only WeChat public account: Interesting Exploration