A Nasa astronaut is closing in on the American space program record for consecutive days in space and will spend nearly a year off-planet by the time he comes home in March.
Mark Vande Hei has been aboard the International Space Station since 9 April 2021, and if he returns as scheduled on 30 March, Mr Vande Hei will spend 355 consecutive days in space. The current Nasa record holder, astronaut Scott Kelly, flew 340 days aboard the ISS through 1 March 2016.
