Frank Rubio He stands out not only because he is one of the few representatives of the Latin American world in outer space. In addition, a NASA astronaut, the son of a Salvadorian, will become the owner of a historical record: he will soon become a member of this agency with longest stay outside of our planet.
When he returns to Earth in September, Rubio will no longer be alive. 371 consecutive days in space. This is a figure that no other representative of the US space agency has yet reached.
The traveler will stay with the record is now held by Scott Kelly, which spent 340 days in space between 2015 and 2016. Meanwhile, Rubio surpasses another famous surname in the history books of space: Christina Koch. She spent 328 days on the International Space Station (ISS) from March 2019 to February 2020.
By the way, 44-year-old American Koch will return to space as part of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission as part of the agency’s new plans to put people on the moon this decade.
Frank Rubio’s record was not planned by NASA
The curious fact that the newspaper collects Clarion The thing is El Salvador’s milestone will be kind of random. At this very moment, the 47-year-old Central American is on the ISS, in a laboratory that is about 400 kilometers from the Earth’s surface.
It arrived last September as part of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which suffered a coolant leak a few months later and had to return to Earth without a crew on board. Since then, the return of astronauts to the ISS has become a problem.
The plan was for Frank Rubio to return “home” in the northern hemisphere autumn. However, logistical problems delay his return. So much so that many accounts of his adventures at the International Station describe him as “astronaut stuck in space“.
Life in space: who owns the absolute record?
As we have already noted, the goal that Frank Rubio will overcome is for members of NASA only. The world record belongs to Valery Polyakov.from the Roskosmos agency, who spent 437 days in space in the mid-90s, the Russian passed away less than a year ago.
Except, The person who has spent the most non-consecutive days away from Earth is NASA’s Peggy Winston.only 675 days.
Facts about Frank Rubio
- He was born in Los Angeles, USA; but her parents are Salvadorans.
- As a child, he spoke English and Spanish.
- As a child, he lived in Colombia.
- He has experience as a helicopter pilot in the US Army; He is also a flight surgeon.
- In 2017, he was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group of 22.
- He flew to the ISS on September 21, 2022, together with Russian Agency cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin.
- As he said in an interview Union, is devoted to growing crops in orbit, studying methods for creating food reserves. The focus is on future missions to the Moon and Mars planned by the US space agency.
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