SPACE STATION ASTRONAUT DISCUSSES RECORD BREAKING MISSION WITH PREVIOUS RECORD HOLDER

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Expedition 69 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Space Station Farewell Remarks - Aug. 31 2023 NASA ID: iss069m262431728_Expedition_69_Crew-6_Farewell_230831 Aboard the International Space Station Crew-6 which includes NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev provided farewell remarks on August 31 ahead of their upcoming departure from the space station. Joining Crew-6 for the farewell remarks were NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev. Crew-6 is slated to undock on September 2 and splashdown off the coast of Florida September 3 after completing a six-month mission. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox. Subscribe at: www.nasa.gov/subscribe Date Created:2023-08-31 Center:JSC Keywords: Expedition 69 Crew-6 Farewell Ceremony Steve Bowen Woody Hoburg

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 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.
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Date Created:2023-09-12
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Keywords: Mark Vande Hei , Frank Rubio , Record Breaking Mission

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