NASA astronaut Frank Rubio of Miami breaks US record for longest spaceflight

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ASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight.

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ubio, of Miami, surpassed the U.S. space endurance record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. He arrived at the outpost last September with two Russians for a routine six months. But their stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule developed a coolant leak while parked at the space station.

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he trio will return to Earth on Sept. 27 in a replacement capsule that was sent up empty for the ride home. By then, Rubio will have spent 371 days in space, more than

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