Expedition 69 Astronaut Frank Rubio Talks

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Frank Rubio is a US Army lieutenant colonel and helicopter pilot, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut. He was born on December 11, 1975, in Los Angeles, California, to Salvadoran parents. He graduated from the United States Military Academy with a bachelor's degree in international relations and from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences with a doctorate of medicine. He has over 1,100 hours of flying time, including 600 combat hours during operations in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He has received the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, and Army Achievement Medal. He was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 22 in 2017 and launched aboard Soyuz MS-22 on September 21, 2022. His mission was planned to last around six months, but was extended due to a coolant leak in his spacecraft. He is currently in space as part of Expedition 69 and is expected to return to Earth with Soyuz MS-23 on September 27, 2023. He and his wife, Deborah, have four children.¹²³

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Source: Conversation with Bing, 8/14/2023
(1) Expedition 69 - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_69.
(2) Francisco Rubio (astronaut) - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Rubio_%28astronaut%29.
(3) Expedition 69 and Ax-2 Working Together on Space Biology. https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/05/25/expedition-69-and-ax-2-working-together-on-space-biology/.