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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest US spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the US space endurance record of 355 days on Monday at the International Space Station. He arrived at the outpost last September with two Russians for a routine six months. But their stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule developed a coolant leak while parked at the space station. The trio will return to Earth on Sept. 27 in a replacement capsule that was sent up empty for the ride home. By then,