After having their mission unintentionally prolonged, NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio and his crewmates – Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin finally returned to Earth on 27th September 2023. The trio were aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for a whopping 371 days as members of Expeditions 68-69. Even though their original mission was only planned to be 180 days, the NASA Astronaut and fellow crewmate Cosmonauts could only return to earth now, after being away from home for over a year. For NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio, this is the record-holding longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut now, breaking Mark…
Author: Aishwarya R N
Aishwarya R N
Aishwarya is a physicist and research enthusiast with a passion for content writing. She takes great enjoyment in her research, and spends her free time reading Sci-Fi novels, or learning about the world and just exploring the vast cosmos of science that she can access. Aishwarya hopes to turn her passion for content writing into a career in science communication and outreach where she can make a tangible difference in the world, with added motivation to pursue astronomy as an amateur if not as an SME.
