Vice President Kamala Harris Congratulates Mark Vande Hei

Recently, Vice President Kamala Harris called NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to congratulate him on his record-breaking 355-day spaceflight.

Vande Hei shared with the vice president how human space exploration and research in microgravity helps us on Earth and will position the agency for Artemis missions to the Moon and, eventually, beyond.

Watch below as Harris welcomes Vande Hei home after the longest single spaceflight for a NASA astronaut.