Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 349,

surpassing a year in space. I'm Courtney Beasley and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring you the experts, scientists,

engineers, and astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of

human spaceflight and more. On this episode we're chatting with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio who launched on his first spaceflight

September 21st, 2022 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonaut Sergei Procopiev and

Dimitri Petatellin.

After spending an American record-breaking 371 days in space,

Rubio and his crewmates made a safe, parachute-assisted landing

September 27th, 2023. Rubio's spaceflight is the longest single space flight by a

US astronaut, breaking the record previously held at 355 days by NASA astronaut Mark Vandahai.

During his mission Rubio Rubio completed approximately 5,936 orbits in a journey of more than

157 million miles, which is roughly the equivalent of

328 trips to the moon and back.

He witnessed the arrival of 15 visiting spacecraft

and the departure of 14 visiting spacecraft

representing crude and uncrewed cargo missions.

During his record-breaking mission Rubio spent many hours on scientific activities aboard the space station,

conducting a variety of tasks ranging from plant research to physical services. the Florida Native graduated from the U.S. Military Research to Physical Sciences Studies.

Prior to joining NASA, the Florida Native graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1998 and earned a doctorate of medicine from Uniformed Services

University of the Health Sciences in 2010.

And before attending medical school, he served as a UH 60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot

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