Jonny Kim

{{short description|American astronaut, physician, and former U.S. Navy SEAL (born 1984)}} {{about|the American physician and astronaut|the South Korean film producer|Jonathan Kim}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Jonny Kim | image = Jsc2024e052605 alt (Aug. 6, 2024) --- Official portrait of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | birth_name = Jonathan Yong Kim | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|02|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | education = {{unbulleted list|University of San Diego (BA)|Harvard University (MD)}} | children = 3 | module = {{Infobox astronaut | child = yes | type = NASA astronaut | space_time = 244 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes | selection = NASA Group 22 (2017) | mission = Soyuz MS-27 {{spaces}}(Expedition 72/73) | insignia = 45px 45px }} | module2 = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes | branch = United States Navy | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 2002–present | service_years_label = Years | rank = Lieutenant commander | unit = {{unbulleted list|SEAL Team 3|Navy Medical Corps}} | battles = Iraq War | battles_label = Conflicts | awards = border|30px Silver Star }} }}

'''Jonathan Yong Kim''' (born 5 February 1984) is an American NASA astronaut, physician, U.S. naval officer—dual designated naval aviator and flight surgeon, and former Navy SEAL.

Born in Los Angeles to South Korean immigrants, Kim enlisted in the Navy in 2002. He joined SEAL Team 3 and participated in over 100 combat missions in the Middle East as a combat medic, sniper, navigator, and point man. He has earned a Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat "V" for (Valor), and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. While a sailor, Kim also earned a Bachelor of Mathematics (summa cum laude) from the University of San Diego,<ref name="2024-11-12 Military.com" /> and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Harvard Medical School.<ref name="2025-07-23 NASA" /> Kim is also a Aerospace Medicine Dual Designator (AMDD); since its inception during World War I, only 79 individuals have earned the dual designation of both a physician and a naval aviator in the US Navy. In 2017, Kim was selected to join NASA Astronaut Group 22. He launched with Expedition 72/73 to the International Space Station on 8 April 2025 and returned on 9 December 2025, southeast of Jezkazgan, Kazakhstan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-09 |title=Watch: Nasa astronaut and cosmonauts begin voyage back to Earth |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c93n0939q5yo |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return from Space Station - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-jonny-kim-crewmates-return-from-space-station/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Jonathan Yong Kim was born on 5 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Military Times" /> His parents emigrated from South Korea to the United States in the early 1980s,<ref name="2017-08-22 Johnson Space Center" /> and his father had scarcely completed a high-school education. The family opened a liquor store in South Los Angeles, and his mother worked as a substitute elementary school teacher while raising Kim and his younger brother.<ref name="2020-01-17 Business Insider" /> In a 2018 interview with ''Annals of Emergency Medicine'', Kim described himself as "the epitome of that quiet kid who just lacked complete self-confidence."<ref name="2018-03 Annals of Emergency Medicine" /> In 2020, ''The Chosun Ilbo'' reported that the adolescent Kim had been the victim of domestic violence at the hands of his father; in February 2002, after threatening his family with a gun, Kim's father was shot to death in his attic by police.<ref name="2020-08-10 Chosun Ilbo" />

Kim graduated from Santa Monica High School in 2002 where he received high grades in his classes, including several Advanced Placements, while participating in swimming and water polo.<ref name="2022-03 NASA" /><ref name="2020-01-17 Business Insider" /> While a member of the Navy, Kim received a Bachelor of Arts, ''summa cum laude'', in mathematics from the University of San Diego in 2012, and a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School in 2016. Kim was a Pat Tillman Foundation "Tillman Scholar" selectee. In 2017, Kim completed his medical internship in emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.<ref name="2022-03 NASA" />

==Naval service== ===Special warfare=== Kim learned about and decided to become a Navy SEAL at age 16, investing his remaining high-school years physically conditioning himself for the rigors of Special Warfare training. Of this decision, Kim said, "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."<ref name="2018-03 Annals of Emergency Medicine" />

After enlisting with the United States Navy in 2002 as a seaman recruit, Kim graduated BUD/S class 247 and was assigned to SEAL Team 3 with the rating Special Warfare Operator Hospital Corpsman. He deployed twice to the Middle East and participated in over 100 combat missions as a combat medic, sniper, navigator, and point man.<ref name="2022-03 NASA" /> During his tenure with the SEALs, Kim served with PO2s Marc Alan Lee, Michael A. Monsoor, Jocko Willink, and Chris Kyle.<ref name="2020-01-15 Stars and Stripes" /><ref name="2020-03-18 Willink" />

===Medicine and aviation=== In 2009,<ref name="2022-03 NASA" /> Kim was accepted to the Seaman to Admiral commissioning program.<ref name="2022-06-09 Warzone" /> When he graduated from the University of San Diego in 2012, Kim then attended Harvard Medical School as part of the Navy's Health Services Collegiate Program <ref name="2024-11-12 Military.com" /> and following graduation entered the Medical Corps and trained to become a flight surgeon.<ref name="2022-03 NASA" />

Kim applied to the naval Aeromedical Dual Designator (AMDD) program, as both a flight surgeon and a naval aviator.<ref name="2023-04-17 DVIDS" /> On 6 June 2022, Kim completed his first solo flight in a Beechcraft T-6 Texan II at the Naval Air Training Command, part of a common training regimen for U.S. Navy{{spaced en dash}}NASA astronauts who lacked previous military pilot experience.<ref name="2022-06-09 Warzone" /> After further training on the Northrop T-38 Talon and TH-57 helicopter, Kim formally completed his flight training in March 2023 at Naval Air Station Whiting Field. In addition to completing the Naval Flight Surgeon Course, Kim received the rare Aeromedical Dual Designator (AMDD).

Kim is a recipient of a Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal (with Combat "V"), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with Combat "V"), and Combat Action Ribbon.<ref name="2020-01-15 Stars and Stripes" /> According to Jocko Willink, Kim's Silver Star was awarded for rescuing multiple wounded Iraqi soldiers in the face of enemy fire.<ref name="2020-03-18 Willink" /><ref>{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Jonathan Yong Kim |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient/recipient-315824/ |website=Hall of Valor |location= |publisher=Military Times |access-date=11 May 2026 }}</ref> {{as of|2025|11}}, Kim is a member of the Navy Reserve with rank of lieutenant commander.<ref name="2025-07-23 NASA" />

==Medical career == As a Navy SEAL corpsman during the Iraq war he was inspired to pursue medicine.<ref>https://pattillmanfoundation.org/meet-our-scholars/jonathan-kim/</ref>

Following his graduation from Harvard with a M.D. in 2016, he began a residency in emergency medicine through the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Woman’s Hospital and commissioned into the Navy Medical Corps.<ref name="2017-07-21 Harvard Gazette" />

During his tenure at Harvard, he met Scott E. Parazynski, a physician and former NASA astronaut, who inspired him to apply for Astronaut Candidacy.<ref name="2018-03 Annals of Emergency Medicine2">{{cite journal |last1=Faust|first1=Jeremy S.|date=March 2018|editor1-last=Milling Jr|editor1-first=Truman J.|title=''Annals'' Q&A With Dr. Jonny Kim|journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine|language=en|publisher=American College of Emergency Physicians|volume=71|issue=3|pages=A13–A16|doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.01.034|issn=0196-0644|lccn=80643758|oclc=5729547|doi-access=free}}</ref> Just a year into his residency,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=June 26, 2022|title=Q&A with Jonny Kim, MD, NASA Astronaut Candidate |url=https://www.studentdoctor.net/2017/06/14/qa-jonny-kim-md-nasa-astronaut-candidate/ |journal=Student Doctor Network Review |language=en-US |volume=11 |issue=6 |issn=3069-1745}}</ref> on 7 June 2017,<ref name="2017-07-21 Harvard Gazette2">{{cite news |last1=Powell|first1=Alvin|date=2017-07-21|title=SEAL-tested, NASA-approved|url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/med-school-grad-to-trade-scrubs-for-space-suit/|url-status=live|work=Harvard Gazette|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301005622/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/med-school-grad-to-trade-scrubs-for-space-suit/|archive-date=2019-03-01|access-date=2019-05-07|quote=Harvard Medical School grad to depart residency for astronaut training}}</ref> Kim was one of twelve candidates chosen from a pool of over 18,300 applicants to join NASA Astronaut Group 22.<ref name="2017-06-07 CBS News2">{{cite news |last1=Harwood|first1=William|date=2017-06-07|title=NASA introduces 12 new astronauts|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-new-astronauts/|url-status=live|language=en|publisher=CBS News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081814/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-new-astronauts/|archive-date=2018-09-11|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref> Prompting him to leave clinical training, he reported for duty on 21 August 2017,<ref name="2018-03 Annals of Emergency Medicine2" /> and graduated from training on 10 January 2020.<ref name="2022-03 NASA2">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jonny-kim/biography|title=Astronaut Jonny Kim|date=March 2022|editor-last=Tonnessen|editor-first=Heather|publisher=NASA|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306184845/https://www.nasa.gov/content/jonny-kim-md-lcdr-us-navy-nasa-astronaut/|archive-date=2022-03-06|url-status=dead|access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref>

He would later complete a year long postgraduate internship (PGY-1) and attend the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), becoming a naval flight surgeon.

==NASA career== {{Expand section|date=March 2026}} [[File:2017 class of NASA astronauts with Jim Bridenstine (cropped).jpg|thumb|Astronaut Group 22 with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine (2018). Kim is visible in the upper left corner.|alt=]]Kim worked in the Astronaut Office while awaiting a flight assignment.<ref name="2022-03 NASA" /> In 2020, Kim began working as a capsule communicator at the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center.<ref name="2023-07 NASA" /> On 9 December 2020, NASA formally announced that Kim would join 17 other astronauts in training for early Moon landing missions of the Artemis program.<ref name="2020-12-09 San Diego Union-Tribune" /> In July 2023, he was serving as operations officer, supporting crew operations.<ref name="2023-07 NASA" /> In August 2024, NASA announced that Kim was scheduled as a member of the Expedition 72/73 crew to the International Space Station (ISS).<ref name="2024-08-28 NASA" />

===Expedition 72/73=== [[File:NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Jonny Kim pose for a fun portrait inside the Unity module (iss073e0814466).jpg|thumb|Zena Cardman and Jonny Kim pose in Unity module]]

The Expedition 72/73 crew—Kim, Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky—launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, on 8 April 2025 at 05:47 UTC; they docked with ''Prichal'' three hours and ten minutes later. Kim was tasked to "conduct scientific research in technology development, Earth science, biology, human research, and more."<ref name="2025-04-08 NASA" /> He returned to Earth on 9 December 2025.

== Personal life == Kim is married and has three children.<ref name="2020-01-15 Stars and Stripes2">{{cite news |last1=Robson|first1=Seth|date=2020-01-15|title=Navy SEAL with Harvard medical degree becomes NASA astronaut|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-seal-with-harvard-medical-degree-becomes-nasa-astronaut-1.614854|url-status=live|work=Stars and Stripes|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116141552/https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-seal-with-harvard-medical-degree-becomes-nasa-astronaut-1.614854|archive-date=2020-01-16|access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref><ref name="2020-01-18 Business Insider2">{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=David |date=2020-01-18 |title=This Harvard-educated, NASA-qualified, Navy SEAL gives his kids this simple advice every day |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jonny-kim-career-navy-seal-nasa-astronaut-harvard-doctor-kids-2020-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117152838/https://www.businessinsider.com/jonny-kim-career-navy-seal-nasa-astronaut-harvard-doctor-kids-2020-1 |archive-date=2020-01-17 |access-date=2024-01-19 |work=Business Insider |language=en}}</ref><ref name="2025-07-23 NASA2">{{Cite web |title=Jonny Kim |url=https://www.nasa.gov/people/jonny-kim/ |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=NASA.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref>

== Awards and decorations == As of December 2025, Kim is known to have earned the following decorations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Enduring Legacy: SEAL Team THREE Celebrates 40 Years |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7964793/enduring-legacy-seal-team-three-celebrates-40-years |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref><ref name="2023-07 NASA" /><ref name="2020-01-15 Stars and Stripes" /><ref name="2020-03-18 Willink" /> {| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | colspan="3" |250x250px |- | colspan="3" |250x250px |- | colspan="3" |{{Ribbon devices|type=award-star|ribbon=Silver Star Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} {{Ribbon devices|type=award-star|ribbon=Bronze Star Medal ribbon with "V" device, 3rd award.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|type=V|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal ribbon with "V" device, 1st award.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=service-star|ribbon=Combat Action Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=United States Navy Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg|width=106|other_device=|number=2|type=service-star}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon, 2nd award.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=Global War on Terrorism Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}} |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, 2nd award.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=United States Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon with expert device.svg|width=106}} |{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=United States Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon with expert device.svg|width=106}} |- | colspan="3" |250x250px |- | colspan="3" |220x220px |} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | colspan="4" |Special Warfare insignia |- | colspan="4" |Naval aviator astronauts badge |- | colspan="2" |Silver Star | colspan="2" |Bronze Star Medal with Combat V |- |Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V | colspan="2" |Combat Action Ribbon |Navy Good Conduct Medal with 2 service stars |- |National Defense Service Medal | colspan="2" |Iraq Campaign Medal with 2 service stars |Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |- |Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with service star | colspan="2" |Navy Expert Rifleman Medal |Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal |- | colspan="4" |Naval flight surgeon badge |- | colspan="4" |Naval parachutist badge |}

==See also== *List of United States Navy SEALs

== References == <references>

<ref name="2017-07-21 Harvard Gazette">{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Alvin |date=2017-07-21 |title=SEAL-tested, NASA-approved |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/med-school-grad-to-trade-scrubs-for-space-suit/ |url-status=live |work=Harvard Gazette |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301005622/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/med-school-grad-to-trade-scrubs-for-space-suit/ |archive-date=2019-03-01 |access-date=2019-05-07 |quote=Harvard Medical School grad to depart residency for astronaut training}}</ref>

<ref name="2017-08-22 Johnson Space Center">{{cite AV media |last1=Kim |first1=Jonny |date=2017-08-22 |title=Jonny Kim/NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidate |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfn6Ka6nGYg |access-date=2019-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317200332/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfn6Ka6nGYg |archive-date=2018-03-17 |publisher=Johnson Space Center |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="2018-03 Annals of Emergency Medicine">{{cite journal |last1=Faust |first1=Jeremy S. |date=March 2018 |editor1-last=Milling Jr |editor1-first=Truman J. |title=''Annals'' Q&A With Dr. Jonny Kim |journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine |language=en |publisher=American College of Emergency Physicians |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=A13–A16 |doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.01.034 |issn=0196-0644 |lccn=80643758 |oclc=5729547|doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="2020-01-15 Stars and Stripes">{{cite news |last1=Robson |first1=Seth |date=2020-01-15 |title=Navy SEAL with Harvard medical degree becomes NASA astronaut |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-seal-with-harvard-medical-degree-becomes-nasa-astronaut-1.614854 |url-status=live |work=Stars and Stripes |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116141552/https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-seal-with-harvard-medical-degree-becomes-nasa-astronaut-1.614854 |archive-date=2020-01-16 |access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref>

<ref name="2020-01-17 Business Insider">{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=David |date=2020-01-17 |title=How an insecure teenager became a NASA-trained Navy SEAL, and convinced his Korean-American mom to allow him to join the military |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jonny-kim-korean-american-nasa-navy-seal-los-angeles-2020-1 |url-status=live |work=Business Insider |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119210314/https://www.businessinsider.com/jonny-kim-korean-american-nasa-navy-seal-los-angeles-2020-1 |archive-date=2020-01-19 |access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>

<ref name="2020-03-18 Willink">{{cite podcast |last=Willink |first=John Gretton "Jocko" |author-link=Jocko Willink |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujP3-AxXsI |title=Jocko Podcast 221: Jonny Kim. Navy SEAL, Doctor, Astronaut. The Unimaginable Path. |publisher=YouTube |date=2020-03-18 |access-date=2020-03-26 |archive-date=2021-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422080145/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujP3-AxXsI |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="2020-08-10 Chosun Ilbo">{{cite news |last1=Cho |first1=Eui-jun |date=2020-08-10 |script-title=ko:'가정폭력 아버지, 경찰에 피살' 韓人 첫 NASA 우주인의 고백 |trans-title='Father of Domestic Violence, Police Killed' Confession of First Korean NASA Astronaut |url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/08/10/2020081000395.html |url-status=live |work=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819025051/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/08/10/2020081000395.html |archive-date=2020-08-19 |access-date=2020-08-18 |quote=This January, Johnny Kim became an astronaut on NASA's Mars expedition. Confessions of a Childhood Abused by His Father}}</ref>

<ref name="2020-12-09 San Diego Union-Tribune">{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Gary |date=2020-12-09 |title=NASA picks 4 San Diego university graduates to train for missions to the moon |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2020-12-09/nasa-includes-2-uc-san-diego-graduates |url-status=live |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en |issn=1063-102X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214062849/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2020-12-09/nasa-includes-2-uc-san-diego-graduates |archive-date=2020-12-14 |access-date=2020-12-16}}</ref>

<ref name="2022-03 NASA">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/jonny-kim/biography |title=Astronaut Jonny Kim |date=March 2022 |editor-last=Tonnessen |editor-first=Heather |publisher=NASA |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306184845/https://www.nasa.gov/content/jonny-kim-md-lcdr-us-navy-nasa-astronaut/ |archive-date=2022-03-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-03-06}}</ref>

<ref name="2022-06-09 Warzone">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/seal-doctor-astronaut-jonny-kim-is-adding-pilot-to-his-crazy-resume |title=SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Is Adding Pilot To His Crazy Resume |last=Altman |first=Howard |date=2022-06-09 |website=The War Zone |language=en |access-date=2022-07-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715191033/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/seal-doctor-astronaut-jonny-kim-is-adding-pilot-to-his-crazy-resume |archive-date=2022-07-15 |quote=The 'wouldn't believe it if it weren't true' list of accomplishments of Astronaut Jonny Kim keeps growing. Now he’s becoming a pilot.}}</ref>

<ref name="2023-04-17 DVIDS">{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/442730/nasa-astronaut-and-former-seal-completes-navy-flight-training |title=NASA Astronaut and former SEAL completes Navy Flight Training |date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |language=en |access-date=2023-04-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418121735/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/442730/nasa-astronaut-and-former-seal-completes-navy-flight-training |archive-date=2023-04-18}}</ref>

<ref name="2023-07 NASA">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kim-jb.pdf |title=Astronaut Biography: Jonny Kim |date=July 2023 |publisher=NASA |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012173844/https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kim-jb.pdf |archive-date=2023-10-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-04-22}}</ref>

<ref name="2024-08-28 NASA">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-assigns-astronaut-jonny-kim-to-first-space-station-mission/ |title=NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission |last=Doyle |first=Tiernan P. |date=2024-08-28 |publisher=NASA |language=en |access-date=2024-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830012551/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-assigns-astronaut-jonny-kim-to-first-space-station-mission/ |archive-date=2024-08-30}}</ref>

<ref name="2024-11-12 Military.com">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Amanda |date=2024-12-11 |title=How Navy SEAL-Doctor-Astronaut Jonny Kim Used 'Generous' Military Benefits to Help His Career Take Off |url=https://www.military.com/benefits/how-navy-seal-doctor-astronaut-jonny-kim-used-generous-military-benefits-help-his-career-take-off.html?amp |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=military.com}}</ref>

<ref name="2025-04-08 NASA">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station/ |title=NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station |last=Donaldson |first=Abbey A. |date=2025-04-08 |publisher=NASA |language=en |access-date=2025-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410043247/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-crewmates-arrive-safely-at-space-station/ |archive-date=2025-04-10}}</ref>

<ref name="2025-07-23 NASA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/people/jonny-kim/|title=Jonny Kim|website=NASA.gov|access-date=2025-07-23|publisher=NASA}}</ref>

<ref name="Military Times">{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/315824 |title=Jonathan Yong Kim |work=Military Times |language=en |access-date=2022-04-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005124734/https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/315824 |archive-date=2021-10-05}}</ref> </references>

==Further reading== * {{cite web |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/iraq-war-navy-seal-astronaut |title='I made promises to the people that I lost'— How the Iraq war forged a Navy SEAL's path to Harvard Medical School and NASA |last=Roza |first=David |date=2020-01-22 |website=Task & Purpose |language=en |access-date=2020-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124221247/https://taskandpurpose.com/iraq-war-navy-seal-astronaut |archive-date=2020-01-24}}

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