Fact check: Russian space agency head didn't threaten to strand American astronaut

This week, news outlets reported that the head of Russia's Space Agency threatened to leave American astronaut Mark Vande Hei — the record-holder for the longest spaceflight — aboard the International Space Station (ISS) rather than allowing him to return to Earth on a Russian spacecraft. It turns out that the threat isn't true, Ars Technica reported.

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