一名美国宇航员在国际空间站停留355天后返回地球，创下了美国记录。
NASA's Mark Vande Hei landed in a Russian Soyuz capsule on Wednesday in Kazakhstan. He flew back to Earth with Russian Space Agency's Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov. Dubrov had also spent the last year in space.
美国宇航局的马克·范德海周三乘坐俄罗斯联盟号飞船降落在哈萨克斯坦。他与俄罗斯航天局的彼得·杜布罗夫以及安东·什卡普列罗夫一起飞回地球。杜布罗夫过去一年也都在太空度过。
Vande Hei was the last one out of the capsule. He smiled and waved as he was carried to a chair in the open Kazakh grasslands.
范德海最后一个离开飞船。他微笑着挥手，被抬到了露天的哈萨克草原的一张椅子上。
"It's beautiful out here," Vande Hei said.
范德海表示：“这里真漂亮。”
Despite rising tensions between the United States and Russia over Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine, Vande Hei's return followed a usual process. A small NASA team of doctors was on hand for the touchdown. The medical workers planned to return immediately to Texas with the 55-year-old Vande Hei.
尽管美国和俄罗斯之间因为普京与乌克兰的战争而日益紧张，但是范德海的返回遵循了常规流程。美国宇航局一个小型的医生团队随时为这次着陆待命。这些医务人员计划立即与55岁的范德海一起返回德克萨斯州。
Even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Vande Hei said he was avoiding the subject with his two Russian crewmates at the International Space Station.
甚至在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之前，范德海就表示他在国际空间站与两名俄罗斯船员一起回避这个话题。
Vande Hei and Dubrov launched on April 9, 2021. Shkaplerov joined them at the International Space Station last October.
范德海与杜布罗夫于2021年4月9日发射升空。去年10月，什卡普列罗夫加入了他们的行列进入国际空间站。
"People have problem on Earth. On orbit ... we are one crew," Shkaplerov said in a live NASA TV broadcast Tuesday. The space station, he added, represents "friendship and cooperation and ... future of exploration of space."
什卡普列罗夫周二在美国宇航局的电视直播中表示：“人们在地球上有矛盾。在太空我们是一个团队。”他还表示，国际空间站代表着“友谊与合作，以及太空探索的未来。”
The war tensions have affected other areas of space. Europe has suspended satellite launches on Russian rockets and the Europe-Russia Mars rover will be stuck on Earth for another two years.
战争紧张局势影响到了太空其它领域。欧洲已经暂停搭载俄罗斯火箭发射卫星，欧洲联合俄罗斯的火星探测器将在地球上再停滞两年。
Vande Hei beat NASA's previous record for the longest single spaceflight by 15 days. Dubrov moved into Russia's top five.
范德海凭借多停留15天打破了美国宇航员之前的最长单次太空飞行记录。杜布罗夫进入了俄罗斯前五名。
"Broken records mean we're making progress," said retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, whose record Vande Hei broke. Kelly ended his own 340-day mission in 2016.
被范德海打破记录的美国宇航局退役宇航员斯科特·凯利表示：“打破记录意味着我们在进步。”凯利在2016年结束了自己340天的太空任务。
Like Kelly, Vande Hei had medical testing during his long stay to help in NASA's effort to get astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars. Vande Hei said daily meditation helped him stay mentally strong during the mission.
和凯利一样，范德海在长期逗留期间接受了医学检查，以帮助美国宇航局努力让宇航员重返月球以及前往火星。范德海表示，日常冥想帮助他在执行任务期间保持精神强健。
"I've had an indoor job 24-7 for almost a year so I am looking forward to being outside no matter what kind of weather," Vande Hei said in a recent NASA video.
范德海最近在美国宇航局的一段视频中表示：“我已经在室内全年无休工作了将近1年时间，所以无论天气如何，我都期望呆在室外。”
He added that he is most looking forward to making a cup of coffee for himself and his wife, Julie.
他还表示，他最期待的就是为自己和妻子朱莉煮上一杯咖啡。
I'm Ashley Thompson.
我是阿什利·汤普森。(51VOA.COM原创翻译，请勿转载，违者必究！)