Kathleen Rubins

Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins is an American microbiologist and retired NASA astronaut. She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. She returned to Earth in Kazakhstan on October 30, 2016, aboard a Soyuz. She was a crew member of Expedition 48/49 and Expedition 63/64 of the ISS. Rubins has spent a total of 300 days, 1 hour, and 31 minutes in space, which is the fourth most days in space by a U.S female astronaut.

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1978  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Kate Rubins; Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins; Kathleen Hallisey Rubins
astronaut, biologist, 

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  Soyuz MS-01 ⓘ
  Soyuz spaceflight

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  Soyuz MS-17 ⓘ
  Russian crewed mission to the ISS

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  Expedition 48 ⓘ
  48th expedition to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 49 ⓘ
  49th expedition to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 63 ⓘ
  63rd long-duration stay on the International Space Station

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  Expedition 64 ⓘ
  64th long-duration human stay aboard the International Space Station

United States, 

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1978 Kathleen Rubins

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2016 Expedition 48

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2016 Expedition 49

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2020 Expedition 63

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2020 — 2021 Expedition 64

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Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins gives a high five to support personnel is she is helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.

Kathleen Rubins waves as she's helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft after landing.

ISS-64 Kate Rubins works inside the Kibo lab (1)

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins boards a Russian MI-8 helicopter to take her to Karaganda.

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins talks to family via satellite phone outside the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft after she, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

ISS-64 Kate Rubins in front of the 'voting booth'

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, seated, and NASA Flight Surgeon Natacha Chough enjoy some fresh air outside the medical tent shortly after Rubins landed in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft

Michael Hopkins and Kathleen Rubins during a spacewalk training session in the NBL

Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins signs a memento while onboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter that will take her to Karaganda.

2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - DPLA - 680d073ef7a0045818166979f3b61bae

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Soyuz MS-01	Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins, Soyuz MS, Takuya Ōnishi, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		Soyuz MS-17	Kathleen Rubins, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Soyuz MS, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2016	Expedition 48	Aleksey Ovchinin, Anatoli Ivanishin, Jeffrey Williams, Kathleen Rubins, Oleg Skripochka, Takuya Ōnishi, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2016	Expedition 49	Anatoli Ivanishin, Andrey Borisenko, Kathleen Rubins, Sergey Ryzhikov, Shane Kimbrough, Takuya Ōnishi, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2020	Expedition 63	Anatoli Ivanishin, Christopher Cassidy, Ivan Vagner, Kathleen Rubins, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2020	Expedition 64	Kathleen Rubins, Mark T. Vande Hei, Michael S. Hopkins, Oleg Novitskiy, Pyotr Dubrov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, Victor J. Glover, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
commons	image		Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins gives a high five to support personnel is she is helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft.		Commons
commons	image		Kathleen Rubins waves as she's helped out of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft after landing.		Commons
commons	image		ISS-64 Kate Rubins works inside the Kibo lab (1)		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins boards a Russian MI-8 helicopter to take her to Karaganda.		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins talks to family via satellite phone outside the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft after she, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.		Commons
commons	image		ISS-64 Kate Rubins in front of the 'voting booth'		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, seated, and NASA Flight Surgeon Natacha Chough enjoy some fresh air outside the medical tent shortly after Rubins landed in their Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Michael Hopkins and Kathleen Rubins during a spacewalk training session in the NBL		Commons
commons	image		Expedition 64 NASA astronaut Kate Rubins signs a memento while onboard a Russian MI-8 helicopter that will take her to Karaganda.		Commons
commons	image		2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - DPLA - 680d073ef7a0045818166979f3b61bae		Commons