U.S. Astronaut Returns from 371 Days in Space

[JMCx4]

From: WUSF.org

Record-setting NASA astronaut returns to Earth after 371 days in space

WMFE | By Brendan Byrne
Published September 27, 2023 at 11:31 AM EDT

NASA's Frank Rubio breaks the U.S. record for longest single mission in space, spending more than a year living and working on the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is back on Earth after a record-long stay on the International Space Station. A capsule carrying Rubio and his two Russian crewmates touched down Wednesday in Kazakhstan.

Rubio clocked 371 days in space, breaking the U.S. record for most time spent living in orbit on a single mission. ...

His mission was originally slated for only 180 days, but Rubio’s return capsule, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, sprung a coolant leak. Russian engineers suspect a piece of space junk damaged the vehicle. Rubio's stay was extended as engineers investigated the issue and sent a replacement capsule to the station.

While in orbit, Rubio and his Russian crewmates Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin completed around 5,936 orbits of Earth, traveling 157 million miles in space. ...

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[TheGreenTBer]

He's a small fraction of a second younger from our perspective than he would have been had he stayed on Earth for that whole period. True story.

 

[JMCx4]

He's a small fraction of a second younger from our perspective than he would have been had he stayed on Earth for that whole period. True story.

That will probably screw up his military retirement benefits BIG time.

 

[deleted user]

Very cool! Now I feel like going on a Wikipedia rabbit hole journey starting with any articles related to muscle wasting and if there's been advancements in how to deal with this issue.

Let's go. (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

 

[JMCx4]

Very cool! Now I feel like going on a Wikipedia rabbit hole journey starting with any articles related to muscle wasting and if there's been advancements in how to deal with this issue.

Let's go. (⁠⌐⁠■⁠-⁠■⁠)

Skip the Wiki-Wonderland, and start reading here ...

Bone and Muscle Loss in Microgravity - NASA

The human body evolved within the constant pull of Earth’s gravity. In the microgravity environment aboard the orbiting International

www.nasa.gov

ETA: Interesting sidebar here as well ...

Cholesterol: An Important Determinant of Muscle Atrophy in Astronauts

Since cholesterol is not routinely measured in astronauts before and after their return from space, there is no data on the role of blood cholesterol level in muscle atrophy and microgravity. Since the first moon landing, aerospace medicine became outdated ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov