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Jul 2022
44m 47s

What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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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 American astronaut. We first talk about how Mark went from being a soldier in the Army who served t ... Show More
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