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Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio of NASA answered questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight conversation Sept. 13 with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. Rubio is in the homestretch of a record-breaking science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. When Rubio returns to Earth on Sept. 27 he will have spent a total of 371 days in space—the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut. Research conducted during long-duration missions such as this benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 13 with students at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rubio and Mogensen are in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditionstoMars.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio of NASA and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) answered pre-recorded questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory during an in-flight event Sept. 13 with students at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rubio and Mogensen are in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-24 crew to the International Space Station rolled out from its integration building to the launch pad Sept. 12 for final preparations. While the roll out took place, members of the Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral 0' Hara and their backups, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Tracy C. Dyson of NASA participated in final prelaunch training activities.

Gateway's Habitation and Logistic Outpost (HALO) mockup is delivered to the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, for human factors testing and astronaut training for future Artemis missions to the Moon.

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio of NASA answered questions about life and work on the orbiting laboratory and discussed his record-breaking mission during an in-flight conversation recorded on Sept. 5 with NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei who was in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center. Rubio surpassed Vande Hei's previous record for the longest single spaceflight by an American astronaut - 355 days - on Sept.11.Rubio will wrap up his long duration flight on the station on Sept. 27 with a total of 371 days in space. Research conducted during long-duration missions such as this benefts people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency's Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Station’s Expedition 69-70 crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara participated in a variety of activities as they prepared for their upcoming mission on the International Space Station. Kononenko, Chub, and O’Hara are set to launch Sept. 15 from Baikonur in the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft for long duration missions on the outpost. The footage includes the crew’s arrival in Baikonur, their Soyuz fit checks in the Cosmodrome’s Integration Facility, and other training milestones.