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Jul 2022
44m 47s

What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space

THE ART OF MANLINESS
About this episode
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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