NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, again on Earth after breaking the document for the longest unmarried spaceflight in historical past through an American, will take part in a news convention at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 13, on the company’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The news convention will air live to tell the tale NASA Television, the NASA app, and the company’s web site. Watch on-line at:
Rubio’s prolonged project aboard the International Space Station led to a complete of 371 days in house. Extended missions supply researchers the chance to higher apply the consequences of long-duration spaceflight on astronauts because the company returns to the Moon with the Artemis missions and prepares for human exploration of Mars.
Media in taking part in individual should touch the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, through calling 281-483-5111 or emailing: [email protected]. Media wishing to participate virtually must contact the newsroom no later than two hours before the start of the event. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online. Questions may also be submitted on social media by using #AskNASA.
Rubio launched Sept. 21, 2022, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. The trio returned to Earth Sept. 27. The 371 day-mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut, a record previously held by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei with 355 days.
Rubio completed approximately 5,936 orbits of the Earth and a journey of more than 157 million miles during his first spaceflight, 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, including both crewed and cargo missions.
During his record-breaking mission, Rubio spent many hours contributing to scientific activities aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting everything from human health studies to plant research. One study evaluated the command of multiple autonomous robots from space and what challenges might exist for orbit-to-ground remote operation of robots. He also tended to space tomatoes to test hydroponic (water-based) and aeroponic (air-based) growth techniques rather than soil or other traditional growth media to help identify ways to produce crops on a larger scale for future space missions.
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