NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait while wearing a spacesuit on July 17, 2024. In his first mission, Kim will serve as a flight engineer during Expedition 72/73 on the International Space Station. He will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft on Tuesday, April 8.
Chosen by NASA in 2017, Kim is a decorated naval officer and medical doctor. He completed two years of training as an Astronaut Candidate; training included technical and operational instruction in International Space Station systems, Extravehicular Activities Operations, T-38 flight training, robotics, physiological training, expeditionary training, field geology, water and wilderness survival training, and Russian language proficiency training. In 2020, Kim began his support of International Space Station operations as a Capsule Communicator (CapCom) in Mission Control Center Houston and the Artemis program under the astronaut Exploration branch. He served as the International Space Station’s Increment Lead for Expedition 65 in 2021. He has continued to support mission and crew operations in various roles within the astronaut office including serving as the Operations Officer, T-38 Liaison to the Aircraft Operations Division and the interim ISS CapCom Chief Engineer.
Image credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
2024年7月17日，NASA宇航员乔尼·金（Jonny Kim）身穿宇航服拍摄肖像照。在他的首次太空任务中，金将担任国际空间站第72/73号远征队任务的飞行工程师。他将于4月8日（星期二）搭乘联盟号MS-27飞船升空。
乔尼·金于2017年被NASA选中为宇航员。他是一名荣誉卓著的海军军官和医学博士。他完成了为期两年的宇航员候选人培训，内容包括：国际空间站系统的技术和操作培训、舱外活动操作、T-38喷气机飞行训练、机器人操作、生理训练、野外远征训练、地质实地训练、水域与荒野生存训练，以及俄语能力培训。
2020年，金开始在休斯敦任务控制中心担任通信员（CapCom），支持国际空间站运行，并参与阿尔忒弥斯计划下的宇航员探索分支任务。他还曾担任国际空间站第65次远征队的阶段负责人（Increment Lead）。他继续在宇航员办公室内担任多个角色，支持各类任务与乘组操作，包括：行动官、T-38喷气机与飞行运营部门联络员，以及国际空间站通信组（CapCom）的代理总工程师。
影像来源: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
