{"id":81277,"date":"2022-08-23T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/23\/us-army-astronaut-looks-ahead-to-space-launch-with-russian-cosmonauts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:07:24","slug":"us-army-astronaut-looks-ahead-to-space-launch-with-russian-cosmonauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2022\/08\/23\/us-army-astronaut-looks-ahead-to-space-launch-with-russian-cosmonauts\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army astronaut looks ahead to space launch with Russian cosmonauts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions between the United States and Russia are high. But next month, one NASA astronaut will rise above them \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Lt. Col. Frank Rubio, a NASA astronaut, is set to fly to the International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned flight on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft comes as the United States has poured tens of billions of dollars in aid into helping Ukraine fight off Russia\u2019s invasion and has instituted hefty sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs. In July, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22960170\/iss-international-space-station-politics-russia-ukraine-war\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that Russia would withdraw from the ISS \u2014 a symbol of U.S.-Russian collaboration \u2014 after 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these geopolitical concerns have not prevented the crew from getting along, Rubio said in a news briefing Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve become good friends of mine,\u201d he said. \u201cSergey is a former Russian Air Force pilot, Dimitry is an engineer, but more importantly, you know, they\u2019ve gotten to know my family. I\u2019ve gotten to know their families. We all have very similar priorities\u2026 Family comes first, and then our main focus is to make this mission happen as safely and productively as possible to ensure that we get everything that\u2019s been tasked us done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2929\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg 4288w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg?resize=768,525 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,699 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1049 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/757950.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1399 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The flight will head to the International Space Station, photographed here in 2010. (NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crewing expeditions with both Americans and Russians has been common practice for flights to the ISS, the largest space station. The United States and Russia worked together to build the ISS in the 1990s, as a gesture of post-Cold-War solidarity. So Russia\u2019s planned withdrawal from the space station sends a strong message to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before launching, Rubio and his fellow crew members will have a packed few weeks of training and examinations, as well as a quarantine for COVID-19. They will \u201chopefully\u201d get to see their families, Rubio said, albeit in a limited way because of COVID restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the crew will launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel proud,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cI think all of us probably feel a little bit nervous, just because of the sense of responsibility that we have for everything that\u2019s involved in this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In space, the crew will help conduct scientific experiments. Some will have implications for biofabrication, the artificial creation of biological products \u2014 an area that Rubio, a medical doctor, said he is especially excited about. The crew may also get to perform a spacewalk. And their meals, loaded with Omega-3s and vitamins, will be part of an experiment on healthy eating in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe good thing about being an Army astronaut is that I\u2019m used to eating MREs quite a bit being out in the field,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cAnd so I think that\u2019s prepared me well for my six months on the station.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/06\/07\/meet-the-seven-military-men-and-women-training-to-be-nasa-s-next-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\">tapped Rubio<\/a> as an astronaut candidate in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Miami native served as a Blackhawk helicopter pilot in the Army, flying more than 1,100 hours, including in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a NASA news release. He then earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and became a battalion surgeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Rubio\u2019s first spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust to be one of the very incredibly lucky and blessed few that get to do this, it\u2019s a humbling feeling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve become good friends of mine,\u201d Lt. Col. 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