NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first American to log nearly a year in space (340 days), followed by Vande Hei (355 days), Christina Koch (329 days) and now Rubio (371 days). The late cosmonaut Valery Polyakov holds the world record for the longest single spaceflight ‚ 437 days and 18 hours - a mark set aboard the Russian Mir space station in 1994-95. And Frank is just making a huge sacrifice, being away from his family for so long, and I just want to really recognize the service he's given to us aboard the space station." "His leadership up here has been incredible. "And partway through his mission, he found out that it was extended to a year. "Frank thought when he flew to space, he would be here for six months," astronaut Woody Hoburg said before returning to Earth after his own six-month mission. At touchdown September 27, Rubio will have logged 370 days and 21 hours away from Earth. EDT, Rubio's time aloft moved past Vande Hei's previous record of 355 days 3 hours and 45 minutes, set at the conclusion of a space station mission that began on April 9, 2021, and ended with landing in Kazakhstan on March 30, 2022.
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11, well on the way to logging more than a full year in space. "And how well they've handled it has made it easier for me to just focus on work and make do with the hand we've been dealt." Frank Rubio, seen here floating in the International Space Station's multi-window cupola compartment, moved past fellow astronaut Mark Vande Hei's 355-day single-flight record on Sept. My wife, my kids, they've been troopers, and they've really handled it incredibly well. "We've tried really hard to stay in touch with one another. "Birthdays, anniversaries, my son's going to head off to college this year, my oldest daughter is finishing up her first year of college," he added. So they opted to launch an unpiloted replacement Soyuz in February that carried out a successful automated rendezvous and docking. 27 to close out an extended 271-day mission - the longest single flight yet for an American astronaut.Īfter an extensive analysis, the Russians concluded cabin temperatures likely could exceed safety limits during re-entry.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (top left), cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin (top right) and Soyuz MS-22/23 commander Sergey Prokopyev (center) plan to undock from the International Space Station and return to Earth Sept. Launched last September 21, Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio originally planned to come home in March, but their Soyuz MS-22 ferry ship suffered a massive coolant leak in December, presumably due to a micrometeoroid impact. Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin plan to return to Earth aboard a replacement Soyuz ferry ship on September 27 to close out a marathon 371-day stay in space - the first flight longer than a full year by an American astronaut. single-flight endurance record Monday, moving past Mark Vande Hei's 355 days off planet. Astronaut Frank Rubio breaks record for longest time in space by an American 04:48Īstronaut Frank Rubio, forced to spend an extra six months aboard the International Space Station because of trouble with his Russian ride home, set a new U.S.
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