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Astronaut Frank Rubio has made history.

Rubio will have spent 371 days in low Earth when he finally comes home on September 27.

But having Rubio hold the record for the longest single spaceflight wasn’t in the cards originally.

Frank Rubio floating inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world.”

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It would have hurt, but I would have declined.

you’ve got the option to follow Rubio’s return to Earth on September 27 onNASA’s website.

Astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the U.S. record for the longest time in space.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio poses for a portrait while working inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module

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He will have spent 371 days in low Earth when he finally comes home on September 27.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio poses for a portrait while working inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module

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NASA astronaut behind a water bubble in zero gravity

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