American Frank Rubio returned to Earth Wednesday, and now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight at 371 days.
A NASA astronaut now holds the record for the longesttwo Russian cosmonauts
The mission that was supposed to be 180 days long turned into 371 days, which meant Rubio spent more than two weeks longer in space than Mark Vande Hei, who heldJust last week, Rubio said he would have declined his space mission had he known he would be in orbit so long. The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Sept. 27, 2023. The extended mission means Rubio now holds the record for longest spaceflight by an American.
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