NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on Oct. 14, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary of uninterrupted human presence in space. http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-kate-rubins-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station