Frank Rubio Surpasses One Year In Space
During an Earth-to-Space call slated to be made Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 12:05 EDT, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with agency astronaut Frank Rubio about his record-breaking number of consecutive days in space. On 11 September, Rubio, who’s currently serving out a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), earned the distinction of logging the longest single spaceflight by an American, surpassing former record-holder NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei’s mark of 355 days in space.
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