(Updated) NASA astronaut set to return home after record-breaking stint aboard space station

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is scheduled to end his mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth on Wednesday, March 30 with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov.

Vande Hei, who is currently serving as Expedition 66 Flight Engineer, will land with a NASA-record breaking 355 days in space surpassing the agency's former astronaut Scott Kelly's single spaceflight record of 340 days. During his record-breaking space mission, he worked on research ranging from studies of muscle loss to fire safety to kidney health.

The trio will enter the Soyuz MS-19 crew ship, undock from the Rassvet module, and head for a parachute-assisted landing Wednesday, March 30, on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

On March 30, @Astro_Sabot is scheduled to return to Earth via the Soyuz spacecraft after his record-breaking stint aboard the @Space_Station. The undocking and landing will air live on NASA TV starting at 11:30pm ET (3:30 UTC), Tues, March 29: https://t.co/I5CJT0dOn1 pic.twitter.com/UCYU8trZ6I

— NASA (@NASA) March 25, 2022

Before their departure, Shkaplerov will hand over command of the station to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn during a change of command ceremony.

Earlier this month, astronauts aboard the space station performed two spacewalks on March 15 and 23 to install station upgrades.

Update 1: Landed on Earth

NASA's record-breaking astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov have landed back on Earth. According to NASA, the trio landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, at 7:28 a.m. EDT (5:28 p.m. Kazakhstan time).

.@Astro_Sabot is back on Earth after a NASA record-breaking 355 days in space! Next he will fly from Kazakhstan and return to his @NASA_Johnson home base in Houston 24 hours later. pic.twitter.com/S4ZmLlBTlM

— International Space Station (@Space_Station) March 30, 2022