Frank Rubio
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CAREER RECORD
| Rank | Colonel |
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
| Birthplace | Los Angeles, California |
| Hometown | Miami, Florida |
| Education | Graduated from Miami Sunset Senior High School in Miami, Florida. Earned a bachelorโs 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. Rubio was a member of the West Point Parachute Team, the โBlack Knights.โ 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. COL Rubio, along with cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin of Roscosmos, launched on Sept. 21, 2022 on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. The crew landed on Sept. 27, 2023, with Rubio breaking the record for the longest single duration spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut with a mission duration of 371 days.ย During the mission, he traveled 157,412,306 statute miles, saw the arrival of 15 visiting vehicles, and flew with 28 different crewmates aboard the ISS. Rubio conducted three spacewalks totaling 21 hours, 24 minutes and installed two new IROSA Solar Arrays for the ISS.ย He is currently serving as the Class Advisor for the NASA Astronaut Candidate Class of 2025. COL Rubio has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Space Exploration Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters, NATO Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He has a Combat Action Badge, Senior Aviator Badge with Astronaut Device, Senior Space Badge, Flight Surgeon Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Parachutist Badge. He is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Captainโs Career Course and Officer Basic Course, Joint Firepower Control Course, Cavalry Leaderโs Course, and the US Army Flight Surgeon Course. Astronaut Frank Rubio (PDF 567 Kb) |
| Awards | COL Rubio has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Space Exploration Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with four oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters, NATO Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He has a Combat Action Badge, Senior Aviator Badge with Astronaut Device, Senior Space Badge, Flight Surgeon Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Parachutist Badge. He is a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College, US Army Captainโs Career Course and Officer Basic Course, Joint Firepower Control Course, Cavalry Leaderโs Course, and the US Army Flight Surgeon Course. Astronaut Frank Rubio (PDF 567 Kb) |
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