Frank Rubio's first mission broke the record for longest U.S. spaceflight last week. The medical doctor is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and served as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot.

Because of the Soyuz leak, Rubio has now become the NASA astronaut with the longest continuous period of time in space. Last Monday, he broke the 355-day record set by Mark Vande Hei in 2021 and 2022, and when he lands later this month, Rubio will have spent 371 days in space.

The astronaut Frank Rubio broke the record for the longest in orbit mission by an American, spending more than 355 days aboard the International Space Station.The US record for most days in space over a lifetime is held by former astronaut Peggy Whitson,

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio broke the American record for single longest trip to space as he approaches his return trip home from the International Space Station this month.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has been in low-Earth orbit for more than 355 days — breaking the record for the longest space mission by a US astronaut. CNN’s Kristin Fisher reports.

The reality facing American astronaut Frank Rubio dawned on him slowly, he said, as a tangle of unexpected hiccups unfolded hundreds of kilometres above Earth on the International Space Station. First,