{"id":278259,"date":"2025-09-05T00:42:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=4ea68c844625098e488f9136777197d8"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:42:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:42:26","slug":"nasa-astronauts-jonny-kim-and-zena-cardman-pose-for-a-portrait-in-the-unity-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=278259","title":{"rendered":"NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman pose for a portrait in the Unity module"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1920&#038;h=1280&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1280&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman, both Expedition 73 Flight Engineers, pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station&#039;s Unity module during a break in weekend housecleaning and maintenance activities. Kim and Cardman are both part of NASA Astronaut Group 22 selected in June 2017 with 12 other astronauts, including two Canadian Space Agency astronauts, and affectionately nicknamed &quot;The Turtles.&quot;\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1280&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1536&amp;h=1024&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=400&amp;h=267&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=600&amp;h=400&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=900&amp;h=600&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/iss073e0505687\/iss073e0505687~large.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/jonny-kim\/\">Jonny Kim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/zena-cardman\/\">Zena Cardman<\/a>, both<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/expedition-73\/\"> Expedition 73<\/a> Flight Engineers, pose for a portrait inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/unity-module\/\">Unity module<\/a> during a break in weekend housecleaning and maintenance activities. Kim and Cardman are both part of NASA Astronaut Group 22 selected in June 2017 with 12 other astronauts, including two Canadian Space Agency astronauts, and affectionately nicknamed &#8220;The Turtles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In its third decade of continuous human presence, the space station has a far-reaching impact as a microgravity lab hosting technology, demonstrations, and scientific investigations from a range of fields. The research done by astronauts on the orbiting laboratory will inform long-duration missions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> and future human expeditions to <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mars\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about station activities by following the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/spacestation\/\">space station blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronauts Jonny Kim and Zena Cardman, both Expedition 73 Flight Engineers, pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station\u2018s Unity module during a break in weekend housecleaning and maintenance activities. 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