Francisco Rubio

American - (NASA)

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Date of Birth: Dec. 11, 1976
Age: 48

Francisco Carlos Rubio is a US Army helicopter pilot, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut of the class of 2017.

Spaceflight Record

Francisco Rubio flew on two previous launch(es).

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-22

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 21, 2022, 1:54 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz MS-22 carried Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopeyev, Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft suffered a thermal control system depressurization/leak on the ISS on December 15, 2022, possibly due to micrometeor impact. It will land back on Earth without crew and will be replaced by Soyuz MS-23.

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Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-23

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:24 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Soyuz MS-23 will fly without crew to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to replace Soyuz MS-22, that suffered a thermal control system depressurization/leak on the ISS on December 15, 2022.

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Acting Administrator: James Free

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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