Frank Rubio set a record for the longest US spaceflight as a result of the extended stay.
A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after being in space for just over a year.The trio landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan, descending in a Soyuz capsule that was rushed up as a replacement after their original vehicle was hit by space junk and lost all its coolant while docked to the International Space Station.Mr Rubio spent more than two weeks longer in space than Mark Vande Hei, who held Nasa’s previous record for a single spaceflight.
Engineers worried that without cooling, the capsule’s electronics and any occupants could overheat to dangerous levels, so the craft returned empty. “No one deserves to go home to their families more than you,” the space station’s new commander, Denmark’s Andreas Mogensen, said earlier this week.Mr Rubio, 47, an Army doctor and helicopter pilot, said at a news conference last week that he never would have agreed to a full year in space if asked at the outset.
Mr Rubio may hold on to this record for a while. Nasa has no plans as of now for more year-long missions.
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