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Korea Herald
01-05-2025
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- Korea Herald
ISS astronaut Jonny Kim turns military rations into Korean-inspired burger in space
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, the first Korean American to serve on a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station, is drawing attention for adding a personal and cultural twist to space food — by making a burger with Korean gochujang. Kim posted photos on social media this week showing a floating burger made from standard NASA rations: beef steak, wheat snack bread, cheese spread and potatoes au gratin. The key ingredient was a generous squeeze of gochujang, a spicy Korean red pepper paste sent to him in a care package delivered aboard the SpaceX CRS-32 Cargo Dragon. 'If you've lived on MREs, you've probably tried some creative field recipes,' Kim wrote, referring to Meals Ready-to-Eat used in the military. 'I miss cooking for my family, but this hits the spot in its own way.' Known as a 'ranger burger' in military circles, the improvised meal is a familiar staple among US service members. By adding gochujang — specifically Sunchang Taeyangcho gochujang, a traditional Korean paste made from sun-dried red chili peppers, rice and fermented soybean paste — Kim gave the dish a distinctly Korean American identity. In a separate photo, he held up the tube of gochujang, calling it a reminder of 'the taste of home.' Kim, 41, launched to the ISS on April 8 aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, alongside Russian crew members. Born in Los Angeles to South Korean immigrants, Kim is a former Navy SEAL with over 100 combat missions, a Harvard-trained physician, and one of NASA's most accomplished astronaut recruits in recent years. He joined NASA in 2017 and previously trained for the Artemis lunar program.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Navy SEAL-turned-NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is on his first space mission to the ISS. See photos of him at work.
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim can add going to space to his incomparable résumé. Kim launched on an expedition to the ISS earlier this week to serve as a flight engineer. Before NASA, he was an emergency medicine resident at Harvard and served as a Navy SEAL. Jonny Kim served as a Navy SEAL on over 100 combat missions. He earned a medical degree at Harvard. And earlier this week, Kim went on his first spaceflight to the ISS, floating 250 miles above Earth. The 41-year-old made the 262-mile journey to space Tuesday to serve as a flight engineer on an eight-month expedition aboard the International Space Station. Before working at NASA, Kim's one-of-a-kind career journey includes receiving a Bronze and Silver Star while in the Navy and training as an emergency medicine physician at one of the top medical schools in the US. First spaceflight Shortly after midnight on April 8, Kim launched aboard a Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. A little over three hours later, the trio docked at the orbital laboratory around 5 a.m. the same day, boarding the ISS two hours later to join the Expedition 72/73 crew. A video taken aboard the ISS captured the moment Kim was welcomed aboard the space station. Joining the ISS expedition For the next eight months, the NASA flight engineer will assist in scientific research intended to benefit future space missions and people on Earth. Kim's research includes observing the flammability of certain materials in microgravity and testing new space-related technologies. Enlisting in the Navy Becoming an astronaut is a popular career aspiration for children, but Kim said he didn't have a dream job until he turned 16 and was drawn to serving in the Navy. "As a kid, I did not have really any dreams until I was 16 years old, and I heard about Naval Special Warfare and the kinds of things that Naval Special Warfare operators do," Kim said in an interview with the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Emergency Medicine. "That was really the first time, when I was 16, that I actually had a vision and a dream and felt that I was called to do something," he continued. "I never once thought I could be a physician, or an astronaut, or anything else." When Kim, a Korean-American born to immigrant parents, told his mother about his decision to enlist, he said she tearfully urged him to reconsider. "My mother, with tears in her eyes, [said], 'It's not too late; you can come home, and we'll do this family business,'" Kim told Business Insider in 2020. "And for a fleeting moment, I considered it." But Kim said, "There wasn't anyone or anything to talk me out of it. It was the first time I set my sights on a dream." Finding identity in Naval Special Warfare After graduating from high school in 2002, Kim enlisted as a seaman recruit in the Navy, later completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, and was assigned to SEAL Team 3. As a Special Warfare Operator, Kim participated in more than 100 combat missions as a combat medic, navigator, sniper, and point man, receiving the Bronze Star, Silver Star, and other service awards. The decorated Navy SEAL said serving in the military was "a very growing experience" that helped him find his identity, build confidence, and "see challenges for what they are and be able to draw off the strength to overcome." "Going into the Navy was the best decision I ever made in my life because it completely transformed that scared boy who didn't have any dreams to someone who started to believe in himself," Kim said in a Q&A published by the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Harvard physician Kim's combat experiences — particularly when he provided medical aid to his injured teammates and observed other medical doctors saving "lives and limbs" — are what led him to become an emergency medicine physician after serving in the Iraq War. In his mid- to late 20s, Kim earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of San Diego and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He then completed a Harvard-affiliated internship in emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. From the Navy to NASA While in medical school, Kim said physician-astronaut Scott Parazynski "opened up my eyes to NASA and its mission," which resonated with him much like Naval Special Warfare did a decade earlier. "It really struck a chord with me, of going to the unknown of space and overcoming these impossible challenges, with technology we had not yet developed," Kim said in the medical journal interview. Kim added that he was especially drawn to the idea that he "would have a chance to inspire young children who may be in tough situations as kids." Kim was among a record number of people who applied to become astronauts in 2016. The rigorous application process included a range of mental and medical tests, including ECGs, blood draws, a chest radiograph, and a multiple-choice personality and behavioral test. While Kim said he couldn't go into the specifics of the interview process, he said one of the rounds of interviews included team-oriented games and evaluations with behavioral specialists to see "how you react to stress and interactions with your team members, all of whom I had never met before." Selected by NASA out of 18,300 applicants While he was shopping at the grocery store the following year, Kim said he got a call from NASA that he would be one of 12 new astronaut candidates selected from a pool of over 18,300 applicants. Kim said he "just couldn't foresee" getting selected among "so many amazing people who apply for this job." Most applicants don't get in on their first application, which he said initially made him feel "survivorship guilt" upon hearing the decision until he thought back to his time in the Navy. "We have a saying in the [SEAL] teams — it's 'earn your Trident every day,'" Kim told Business Insider in 2020, referring to the insignia that Navy SEALs wear after earning their special warfare certification. "What that means is that you have to earn your right to be where you are every single day." "I take that to heart when I think of this job," he said. Space boot camp After joining the new class of astronaut candidates in 2017, Kim embarked on a two-year-long training program, in which he learned how to operate on-board systems and robotics on ISS simulators, received physiological and expeditionary training, and practiced space walk procedures in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Johnson Space Center in Houston. He also trained in field geology and water and wilderness survival, became proficient in Russian, and even completed a solo flight as a pilot on a Navy T-6 trainer aircraft. In 2020, Kim graduated from astronaut boot camp and supported ISS expeditions before serving on his first space mission aboard the space station this year. But it likely won't be Kim's last time in space — he was also selected as an astronaut on NASA's Artemis moon-landing missions. He said he credits his success as a NASA astronaut to "an extraordinary team of dedicated individuals who truly care." "It's not the rockets, planes, satellites, or science that define this agency," Kim wrote in a post on X a day before launching to the ISS, "it's the remarkable individuals who bring it all to life — always has been, and always will be." Read the original article on Business Insider
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
NASA astronaut and Russian crewmates arrive at the International Space Station
A Russian rocket carrying a US astronaut and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, with a Kremlin envoy hailing cooperation in space between Washington and Moscow as relations thaw between the two nations. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled on Tuesday morning from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to put the Soyuz MS-27 in orbit. It docked at the space station just over three hours later. On board were NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russia's Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, who are scheduled to spend about eight months at the space outpost. Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev posted a video on his Telegram channel of the rocket launch and wrote: "Russian and US cooperation in the space industry continues today". Last week, Dmitriev met with US officials in Washington — for the first such talks in years — as the two countries look to reset relations. US President Donald Trump wants a rapprochement with Putin in a bid to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Related Space science camps and astrophotography: How Qatar is shooting for the stars All-civilian crew orbits Earth from pole to pole in SpaceX mission According to NASA, Kim, a US Navy lieutenant commander and dual-designated naval aviator and flight surgeon, will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare the crew for future space missions. Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky will join NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Kirill Peskov on the space outpost.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
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- Yahoo
A flower's point of view of a rocket launch: Space photo of the day
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Spring has sprung at the Baikonur Cosmodrome with bright yellow tulips and the launch of a new crew to the International Space Station. Though largely a desert landscape, yellow tulips are as common as rocket launches at the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Here, the liftoff of the Soyuz MS-27 crew to the International Space Station on April 8, 2025, becomes the first launch since spring has sprung on the Kazakh steppe. The press and launch spectators came out to see two Russian cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut lift off for the space station. Soyuz MS-27 commander Sergey Ryzhikov led Alexey Zubritskiy and Jonny Kim on their first flights into space. Three hours and two orbits of Earth after this photo was taken, the three crewmates arrived at their new home for the next eight months. You can read about the Soyuz MS-27 launch and the crew's arrival at the space station.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
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NASA astronaut arrives at International Space Station aboard Russian spacecraft
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Jonny Kim safely arrived on a Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, hours after taking off from Kazakhstan. The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Prichal module at approximately 4:57 a.m. ET Tuesday. Kim, who was joined by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, waited for about another hour and a half in order for the equalization of pressure in the vestibule – the small passageway between the docking interfaces – to finish and for the proper leak checks to be completed. Livestream footage showed cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, the station's commander, preparing the hatch for opening. Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, who launched to the ISS last month on the SpaceX Endurance, is also seen maneuvering about. Nasa Reveals Astronauts' Return 'Would Not Have Happened' Without Trump's Intervention NASA said the hatch between the International Space Station and the Russian spacecraft opened at 7:28 a.m. ET. Video showed Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky entering the ISS to the cheers and embraces of Ovchinin and the rest of the Expedition 72 crew onboard. Read On The Fox News App Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky had launched at 1:47 a.m. ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Nasa Astronaut Butch Wilmore Opens Up About Worshipping God While In Space: 'I Need That Fellowship' The NASA broadcast said the "smooth launch and uneventful rendezvous and docking" for the Soyuz MS-27 sets the stage for an 11-day handover between the newly arrived trio and the crew that will be departing in the MS-26 spacecraft on April 19. Those expected to leave are Ovchinin, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and cosmonaut Ivan Vagner – all of whom have been aboard the station since September. The NASA broadcast said Pettit will land back in Kazakhstan on his 70th birthday – April 20. Kim will now begin an eight-month research mission aboard the ISS. The successful mission comes a day before President Donald Trump's pick for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, is expected to face his confirmation hearing on Wednesday at 10 a.m. before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens last month credited Trump's intervention in securing the return of two astronauts – Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams – stranded for more than nine months on the article source: NASA astronaut arrives at International Space Station aboard Russian spacecraft
