Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Rubins

Kathleen Hallisey "Kate"

USA

 Kathleen Rubins

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Personal data

Birthdate:  14.10.1978
Birthplace:  Farmington, Connecticut
Marital status:  married
Children:  
Selection date:  29.06.2009
Selection group:  NASA-20
Position:  MSP
Status:  active

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz MS / ISS-48 / ISS-49  Flight Engineer  07.07.2016 - 30.10.2016 115d 02h 21m 
2  Soyuz MS-17 / ISS-63 / ISS-64  Flight Engineer  14.10.2020 - 17.04.2021 184d 23h 10m 
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Total  300d 01h 31m 
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Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TMA-19M  Flight Engineer

Additional information

Principal investigator and fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT and conducts research trips to the Congo; bachelor of science from University of California, San Diego, in 1999; Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2006; Hobbies: Scuba diving, triathlons.
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Last update on April 17, 2021.

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