Kathleen Rubins
| Kathleen Rubins | |
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 29, 2009 ( 20th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | July 7, 2016 |
| Landing: | October 30, 2016 |
| Time in space: | 115d 02h 22min |
| EVA inserts: | 2 |
| EVA total duration: | 12h 46min |
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Kathleen Hallisey Rubins (born October 14, 1978 in Farmington , Connecticut ) is an American astronaut .
Astronaut activity
Rubins was elected to NASA's 20th astronaut group on June 29, 2009. She completed her basic training in June 2011.
In 2013 Rubins was nominated for a long-term stay aboard the ISS. It started on July 7, 2016, together with the Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Iwanischin and the Japanese astronaut Takuya Ōnishi in the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft for the ISS. There she worked as a flight engineer for ISS expeditions 48 and 49 until October 30, 2016 . She was the first person to perform DNA sequencing in space.
Private
Rubins is married and has no children. Her hobbies are diving and triathlon .
Web links
Commons : Kathleen Rubins - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Kathleen Rubins on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- Spacefacts: short biography
- NASA: announcement of departure to the space station (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The astronaut Kate Rubins will do the first DNA sequencing in space Article on Wired.de
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| SURNAME | Rubins, Kathleen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rubins, Kathleen Hallisey (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farmington , Connecticut |