After spending an American record 371 days in space, astronauts NASA Frank Rubio Wednesday landed safely on Earth with his companions. Rubio starts from International Space StationRoscosmos, with cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petlin, made a safe parachute-assisted landing at 2:54 a.m. Central Time, southeast of the remote Kazakh city of Dzhezkazgan, at 6:17 a.m. Central Time.
“Its record time Frank It’s not just a milestone in space; “This is an important contribution to our understanding of long-duration space missions,” said the administrator NASA, Bill Nelson. “Our astronauts make extraordinary sacrifices to advance discovery far from their homes and loved ones. The NASA Very grateful for its dedicated service Frank He has made invaluable scientific contributions to our nation International Space Station. “He embodies a true pioneering spirit that will pave the way for future exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.”
Rubio He made his first space flight on September 21, 2022 with Prokopiev and Petlin. Its space flight Rubio It is the longest solo space flight by an American astronaut, breaking the previous astronaut record of 355 days. NASA Hello Mark Vande.
During his mission, Rubio It completed about 5,936 orbits and traveled more than 157 million miles, roughly equivalent to 328 trips to the moon and back. It witnessed the arrival of 15 visiting spacecraft and the departure of 14 visiting spacecraft representing manned and unmanned cargo missions.
Its extended mission Rubio It gives researchers a chance to observe the effects of long-term spaceflight on humans, while the agency plans to return to the Moon with the Artemis mission and prepare for Mars exploration.
Rubio, Prokopyev and Petelin were launched aboard Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft but, due to a coolant leak, returned to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-23. The damaged Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned without a crew after the Soyuz MS-23 capsule was launched as a replacement on February 23, 2023.
After a post-landing medical examination, the crew will return to Karaganda, Kazakhstan. then, Rubio will ride the plane NASA with destination Houston.
During his record-breaking mission, Rubio He spent many hours in scientific activities on the space station, performing a variety of tasks ranging from plant research to the study of the physical sciences.
With the docking of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, Expedition 70 officially began aboard the station. Its astronauts NASA Laurel O’Hara and Jasmine Mogbeli stay in orbit with the astronauts ESA (European Space Agency) Andreas Mogensen, who became station commander on September 26, astronaut JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chubb.
Mogensen, Mogbeli, Furukawa and Borisov will return to Earth in February 2024 after a brief handover with the Crew-8 mission crew. SpaceX from NASA. O’Hara is scheduled to return to Earth in March 2024, while Kononenko and Chubb will return in September 2024 and spend a year on the station.
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Editor’s note: Whoah! What will be the man’s body weight and how long will it take to re-acclimate to gravity?
