U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio has broken the record for the longest single spaceflight by an American.
Rubio, who is serving on a year-long mission aboard the orbiting laboratory at the International Space Station, surpassed NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei's U.S. record of completing 355 continuous days in space on March 30, 2022.
When he lands on Earth at the end of this month, Rubio will have spent 371 days in space at a stretch, and is set to mark another record - becoming the first American to live more than one calendar year in microgravity.
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