Former U.S. Navy Seal Jonny Kim will be 1st Korean-American astronaut on ISS in March 2025

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August 30, 2024, 8:00 PM

• •NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will be the first Korean-American to perform a long-duration mission.
• •Kim will spend eight months on the International Space Station (ISS), starting in March 2025.
• •He will fly to space aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft alongside Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, will be the first Korean-American astronaut to perform a long-duration mission. Kim will spend eight months on the International Space Station (ISS), starting in March 2025, as part of the Expedition 72 and 73 crews. He will fly to space aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft alongside Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky.

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