MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Dr. Frank Rubio, born in Los Angeles, grew up in El Salvador and Miami-Dade County.
NASA announced on Tuesday that the Miami Sunset Senior High School graduate, who went on to become a NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Colonel, had been selected for the Artemis III mission.
Rubio, 50, turned his speech into a gratitude list that included his wife, his four kids, friends, family, “NASA community,” leadership, engineers, flight controllers, directors, peers, and support staff…