During his first mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will serve as a flight engineer and member of the upcoming Expedition 72/73 crew.
Kim will launch in March 2025 on Roscosmos’ Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky. The trio will spend about eight months on the space station.
During his stay at the orbital laboratory, Kim will conduct scientific research and technology demonstrations to prepare the crew for future space missions and provide benefits to people on Earth.
NASA selected Kim as an astronaut in 2017. After completing initial astronaut training, Kim supported mission and crew operations in a variety of roles, including Expedition 65 lead operations officer, T-38 operations liaison, and chief engineer for space station Capcom.
A Los Angeles native, Kim is a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and a dual-certified Naval Aviator and Flight Surgeon. Kim also served as a Navy SEAL. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of San Diego and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and completed his internship in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
For more than two decades, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and enabling research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The station is an important test bed for NASA to understand and address the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit. While commercial companies focus on providing human space transportation services and destinations as part of a robust low Earth orbit economy, NASA can focus more of its resources on deep space missions to the Moon and Mars.
Current news, pictures and features from the space station can be found on the station blog, Instagram, Facebook and X.
For more information about the research and operations of the International Space Station, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/station
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