In photos: Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti takes Europe's historic 1st female spacewalk Another photo of the Soyuz astronaut launch taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 21, 2022.

Frank Rubio, who was born in Los Angeles, joined NASA in 2017. He is the first astronaut of Salvadoran descent to travel to low-Earth orbit.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts landed Wednesday morning after spending 371 days in space, an American record. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two Russian crewmates parachuted to a landing on the remote steppe of Kazakhstan on Wednesday, capping a 371-day mission at the International Space Station, the ...

Lt. Col. Frank Rubio poses for an official NASA photo in front of a T-38. Basic astronaut mission specialists must record four hours a month, and mission commanders and pilots must record 15 hours ...

Today, Frank Rubio of @NASA_Astronauts marks one full year in space! He holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut. Rubio returns home to Earth on Sept. 27.

During NASA astronaut Frank Rubio's year in space, a dwarf tomato he harvested floated away from him. International Space Station astronauts retrieved the tomato's remains 8 months later.

iss068e017867 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," as the ...

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title. In September 2022, Rubio was deployed to the International Space Station ...

After breaking the record earlier this month for the longest continuous amount of time spent in space by an American, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio on Thursday hit one year of orbiting Earth.. Rubio ...

When Rubio's share of a tomato harvested in March aboard the space station went missing, the 47-year-old astronaut naturally became suspect number one. It took months, but Rubio's name has finally ...