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What’s more, Rubio is on track to reach another significant milestone in a few weeks’ time. A Russian Soyuz capsule is not expected to return him and his two fellow crewmates — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin — to Earth before September 27.
'I think it's really important that we learn just how the human body learns to adapt, and how we can optimize that process.'
NASA's Frank Rubio credits his family back on Earth for keeping him in 'somewhat of a good attitude.'
(CNN) — Astronaut Frank Rubio has now been in low-Earth orbit for more than 355 days, breaking the record for the longest space mission by a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/astronaut-frank-rubio-sets-us-record-for-longest-trip-in-space/">Read More</a>
Rubio this month will become the seventh human—and first American—to spend 365 days straight in space.