Francisco Rubio (astronaut)
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Francisco "Frank" Carlos Rubio is a Salvadoran-American US Army flight surgeon, aviator, and NASA astronaut. He holds the American record for the longest single spaceflight at nearly 371 days. In June
Rubio in 2026
Artemis III
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Artemis III is an upcoming crewed spaceflight mission of the NASA-led Artemis program. Planned for 2027, the mission is designed as a demonstration flight in low Earth orbit rather than a lunar landin
Francisco Rubio (astronaut)
…astronaut. He holds the American record for the longest single spaceflight at nearly 371 days. In June 2026, he was announced as a mission specialist on Artemis III. Francisco Rubio was born on December 11, 1975 to Salvadoran parents. As a child, he lived in El Salvador for the first six years of his life, after…
Assembly of the European Service Module for the planned mission
Crew portrait, from left to right: Parmitano, Douglas, Bresnik, and RubioArtemis program← Artemis IIArtemis IV →
The upper section of the core stage being loaded into the Pegasus barge, April 2026
The Orion spacecraft for Artemis III under construction in February 2022