Expedition 53/54 Crew Visit With Astronaut Mark Vande Hei

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, a flight engineer during International Space Station Expedition 53/54, visits NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Nov. 9. He met with the Marshall team, American service veterans participating in the Wounded Warrior Project and area students, including Space Campers from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Vande Hei flew to the space station in September 2017 and returned in February 2018. During his months in space, he performed two critical spacewalks to replace the gripping mechanism and cameras on Canadarm2, and to lubricate newly installed components.

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, a flight engineer during International Space Station Expedition 53/54, visits NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Nov. 9. He met with the Marshall team, American service veterans participating in the Wounded Warrior Project and area students, including Space Campers from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Vande Hei flew to the space station in September 2017 and returned in February 2018. During his months in space, he performed two critical spacewalks to replace the gripping mechanism and cameras on Canadarm2, and to lubricate newly installed components.

Photographer Fred Deaton
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