{"id":185107,"date":"2025-03-12T02:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=a88b8a1d716051ab6a79161542fa1ee2"},"modified":"2025-03-12T02:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:50:03","slug":"nasa-astronaut-jonny-kim-to-discuss-upcoming-launch-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=185107","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Upcoming Launch, Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Official portrait of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, who will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 73. <\/div>\n
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NASA will provide interview opportunities with astronaut Jonny Kim beginning at 9 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 18, to highlight his upcoming mission to the International Space Station in April.<\/p>\n

The virtual interviews from Star City, Russia, will stream live on NASA+<\/a>. Learn how to watch NASA content<\/a> through a variety of platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n

Media interested in participating must contact the newsroom at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston no later than 5 p.m., Monday, March 17, at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a>. A copy of NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is online.<\/p>\n

Kim will launch on Tuesday, April 8, aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. The trio will spend approximately eight months aboard the orbital laboratory before returning to Earth in the fall 2025. During his time in orbit, Kim will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare the crew for future space missions and provide benefits to people on Earth.<\/p>\n

Kim is making his first spaceflight after selection as part of the 2017 NASA astronaut class. A native of Los Angeles, he is a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and dual designated naval aviator and flight surgeon. Kim also served as an enlisted Navy SEAL. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Mathematics from the University of San Diego and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his internship with the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital. After completing initial astronaut candidate training, Kim supported mission and crew operations in various roles, including the Expedition 65 lead operations officer, T-38 operations liaison, and space station capcom chief engineer. Follow @jonnykimusa<\/a> on X and @jonnykimusa<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n

For more than two decades, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge, and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit. As commercial companies focus on providing human space transportation services and destinations as part of a robust low Earth orbit economy<\/a>, NASA is able to focus more of its resources on deep space missions to the Moon and Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua Finch \/ Claire O\u2019Shea
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ claire.a.o’shea@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Raegan Scharfetter
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-910-4989
raegan.r.scharfetter@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

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