A NASA astronaut broke the record for the longest space flight for a U.S. astronaut after landing on Earth early Wednesday.

<div class="block">A NASA astronaut broke the record for the longest space flight for a U.S. astronaut after landing on Earth early Wednesday.</div>

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Longest Space Flight in U.S. History Has Landed

A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have landed back on earth just a few hours ago. Frank Rubio breaking the record for the longest space flight for a US astronaut. The three astronauts landed in Kazakhstan around seven this morning. The flight mission last stood for 371 days spanning nearly 6000 orbits around earth going for 157 million miles. When asked what he's looking forward to most. Frank Rubio said, hugging my wife and kids is going to be paramount.