NASA astronaut Frank Rubio sets US space record after returning from a year-long mission in space
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has returned to Earth after a record-breaking mission in space, spending a total of 371 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Rubio's stay set a new record for the longest time a US astronaut has ever spent in microgravity and he became the first American to log an entire calendar year in orbit. Rubio's mission was extended due to a coolant leak on his original ride, and he expressed that he would have declined the assignment if he had known it would be twice as long. Rubio and his crewmates traveled 157.4 million miles and completed 5,963 orbits of the Earth.
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