The Art of Manliness

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What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space

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Published July 04, 2022 10:07am

In March of this year, Mark Vande Hei returned to earth after spending 355 days in outer space. Today on the show, I talk to Mark about what it was like to spend nearly a year in orbit, and how he ended up setting a new record for the longest spaceflight by an AmericanĀ astronaut. We first talk about how Mark went from being a soldier in the Army who served twice in Iraq, to working for NASA. Mark explains the application process for becoming anĀ astronautĀ and what he thought were the hardest parts of his training. He then sha...

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