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Kathleen Rubins

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN RETIRED
Career
Time in space
300 d 1 h
Spacewalks
4
27 h 3 m outside
Flights
2
2 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Born
14 Oct 1978
First flight
07 Jul 2016
Most recent flight
14 Oct 2020
Type
Government
Biography

Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins is a NASA astronaut. She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 6, 2016. She returned to Earth on October 30, 2016 aboard a Soyuz. She was a crew member of Expedition 48 and Expedition 49 of the International Space Station.

Flight log

Flights

2 TOTAL
No.FlightDate
02Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-1714 Oct 2020
01Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS (MS-01)07 Jul 2016
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2 Last checked 29 Sept 2026
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