NASA Leadership to Call Agency’s Record-Breaking Astronaut in Space

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	September 11, 2023  MEDIA ADVISORY M23-116 NASA Leadership to Call Agency’s Record-Breaking Astronaut in Space rubio_main_image.png NASA astronaut Frank Rubio floats inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world.” Credits: NASA During an Earth-to-Space call at 12:05 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 13, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will speak with agency astronaut Frank Rubio about his record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station. The call will air live on NASA TV, the NASA App, and the agency’s website. Watch online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live Rubio, who is serving on a year-long mission aboard the orbiting laboratory, today surpassed NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei’s U.S. record of 355 days in space as the longest single spaceflight by an American. When he lands on Earth at the end of the month, Rubio will have 371 days in space. A list of other NASA station astronaut records is available online. For more than 22 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. For more information about Rubio, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/frank-rubio -end-
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