{"id":88108,"date":"2020-06-04T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-461657"},"modified":"2024-02-12T14:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:01:57","slug":"frank-rubio","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/frank-rubio\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Rubio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Frank Rubio\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 48% 13%; object-position: 48% 13%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg 4800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=960,1200 960w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/jsc2017e114795_0.jpg?resize=1600,2000 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Frank Rubio<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">NASA Astronaut and U.S. Army Colonel<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-18\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFollow Frank\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-monochrome\"><li class=\"social-icon social-icon-twitter social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA_Astronauts\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Follow Frank on X.\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"1200\" height=\"1227\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 1227\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M714.163 519.284L1160.89 0H1055.03L667.137 450.887L357.328 0H0L468.492 681.821L0 1226.37H105.866L515.491 750.218L842.672 1226.37H1200L714.137 519.284H714.163ZM569.165 687.828L521.697 619.934L144.011 79.6944H306.615L611.412 515.685L658.88 583.579L1055.08 1150.3H892.476L569.165 687.854V687.828Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August 2017. Prior to joining NASA, the Florida native graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1998 and earned a Doctorate of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2010. Prior to attending medical school, he served as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot and flew more than 1,100 hours, including more than 600 hours of combat and imminent danger time during deployments to Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Dr. Rubio is a board-certified family physician and flight surgeon. At the time of his selection, he was serving in the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Carson, CO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio was born in Los Angeles, California, but considers Miami, Florida, his hometown. He is married to Deborah Rubio, and the couple has four children. His mother, Myrna Argueta, lives in El Salvador<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Graduated from Miami Sunset Senior High School in Miami, Florida. Earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in International Relations from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Earned a Doctorate of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Family Medicine Residency at Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank was a member of the West Point Parachute Team, the \u201cBlack Knights.\u201d He is a Jumpmaster with over 650 freefall skydives, PRO-rating, and D-license holder.  He served as a platoon leader in A Company, 2-82nd Assault Aviation (REDHAWKS), and as a company commander in A Company, 2-3rd Aviation (STORM). Rubio also served as a clinic supervisor, an executive medicine provider and a flight surgeon at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. At the time of his selection in June 2017, he was a battalion surgeon for the 3rd Battalion of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NASA Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio reported for duty in August 2017 and completed two years of training as an Astronaut Candidate. He trained as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 68 crew. Rubio, along with cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin of Roscosmos, launched Wednesday, Sept. 21, on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. Rubio and his crewmates landed on Sept. 27, 2023, breaking the record of longest single duration spaceflight for a U.S. astronaut with a mission duration of 371 days. It was his first spaceflight. During the mission, he traveled 157,412,306 statute miles and saw the arrival of 15 visiting vehicles to the space station. Rubio conducted three spacewalks totaling 21 hours, 24 minutes of total spacewalking time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards\/Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards\/Honors:<\/strong><br> Rubio has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Army Accommodation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters, NATO Medal, and The Armed Forces Expedition Medal. He has a Combat Action Badge, Senior Aviator Badge with Astronaut Device, Flight Surgeon Badge, Parachutist Badge, Senior Space Badge, Pathfinder Badge, and Air Assault Badge. Rubio has also been awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Captain\u2019s Career Course and Officer Basic Course, Joint Firepower Control Course, Cavalry Leader\u2019s Course, and the US Army Flight Surgeon Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rubio-fc-1.pdf?emrc=b54743\">Astronaut Frank Rubio (PDF 567 Kb)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August 2017. 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