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41-year-old NASA astronaut candidate Francisco Rubio waves as he is introduced as one of 12 new candidates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 during an event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. After comple More

Group of four NASA astronauts and candidates standing inside the LOP-G space station training module at the SSPF

iss067e379039 (Sept. 21, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineers (from left) Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Frank Rubio, all three NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together inside the cupola, the Interna More

iss068e020509 (Nov. 3, 2022) --- Three Expedition 68 Flight Engineers pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station's U.S. Destiny laboratory module. From left are, astronaut Koichi Wakata of the More

iss068e029132 (Dec. 10, 2022) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann and Frank Rubio, both from NASA, pose with their mission's insignia inside the cupola as the International Space Station orbited 262 More

iss068e020546 (Nov. 3, 2022) --- The seven Expedition 68 crew members join each other for a portrait inside the International Space Station's Unity module. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina; NASA More

Expedition 68 cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, left, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, and Frank Rubio of NASA, right, give a thumbs up as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch t More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA waves to family and colleagues as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to he and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of R More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA is seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch with he and his crewmates, cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, Tuesd More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, are seen during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch to the Intern More

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

Crew-4 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio during ISS SAFER Maintenance Training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. Credit: NASA-J.Valcarcel

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2017 NASA astronaut candidate Frank Rubio during geology training in Arizona.

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks.

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio smiles during a spacewalk robotics training on May 11, 2022 in Building 9 of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio addresses a colleague during a spacewalk robotics training on May 11, 2022 in Building 9 of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio performs preflight checkouts in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Rubio is scheduled to launch with crewmates Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA is seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Rubio, and cosmonauts Sergey More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, along with Expedition 68 backup crewmembers Loral O'Hara of NASA, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub More

iss067e379044 (Sept. 21, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineers (from left) Kjell Lindgren and Frank Rubio, both NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together inside the cupola, the International Space Stati More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the Inter More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA and Expedition 68 backup crewmember Loral O'Hara of NASA are seen as Rubio waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked prior to he and fellow crewmates, Se More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA signs a photo inside the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing for building 254 in order to suitup for launch on a Soyuz rocket with fellow crewmates Dmitri Petelin and More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the Inter More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA dons his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Prokopyev, right, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wed More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA dons his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA dons his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft launch, Wednesday, More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, dons his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft laun More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA, left, dons his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crewmates Sergey Prokopyev, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft laun More

Expedition 68 cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Frank Rubio of NASA, and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, right, prepare for their Soyu More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft la More

Expedition 68 astronaut Frank Rubio of NASA has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, prepare for their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft la More

iss068e024215 (Nov. 23, 2022) --- NASA astronauts (from top) Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada configure spacewalking tools and components on a pair of Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuits, inside th More

NASA KSC employees and astronauts pose for a group photo while standing on the platform rig of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway space station module training mock-up in the SSPF at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio sets up for SoFIE-GEL, a study that measures heating in a fuel sample to determine how fuel temperature affects material flammability.

iss068e020276 (Oct. 31, 2022) --- Four Expedition 68 Flight Engineers dress up as popular video game and cartoon characters to celebrate Halloween fun aboard the International Space Station. From left are, Jap More

iss068e020320 (Oct. 31, 2022) --- Four Expedition 68 Flight Engineers dress up as popular video game and cartoon characters to celebrate Halloween fun aboard the International Space Station. Clockwise from lef More

During water survival training in 2017 at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, NASA astronaut candidate Frank Rubio is guided through training by divers.

During water survival training in 2017 at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, NASA astronaut candidate Frank Rubio is guided through training by instructors.

Date: 09-06-17 Location: NBL, Pool Topside Subject: 2017 ASCAN astronauts during water survival training (group 2) with instructor Dom Del Rosso Photographer: James Blair

iss067e376730 (Sept. 21, 2022) --- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (center) is greeted by fellow NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines shortly after he arrived at the International Space Station. Rubio dock More

iss068e020504 (Nov. 3, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured inside the International Space Station's U.S. Destiny laboratory module.

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhe More

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine poses for a picture with the 2017 astronaut candidate class after taping a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 i More

Vice President Mike Pence poses for a group photograph with NASA's 12 new astronaut candidates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. NASA astronaut candidates, standing fro More

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine poses for a picture with the 2017 astronaut candidate class after taping a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 i More

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