ONE. MATT. GOOD MORNING. ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. YOU KNOW, DOCTOR JOHNNY KIM MAY HAVE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE RESUME YOU’LL EVER SEE. NAVY SEAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE, AND HE’S CURRENTLY A NASA ASTRONAUT IN SPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME. LIFTOFF OF SOYUZ MS. 27. KIM RYZHIKOV AND ZUBRITSKY BEGIN A SPRINT FOR A MARATHON MISSION ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EVERETT IN. DOCTOR KIM AND TWO RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS TOOK OFF FROM KAZAKHSTAN THIS MORNING. THE TRIO WILL CONDUCT A VARIETY OF SCIENCE PROJECTS WHILE AT THE ISTHE NOW DOCTOR, KIM’S FAMILY WAS IN KAZAKHSTAN TO SEND HIM OFF AND KIM’S DAUGHTER ASKED WHAT HE’S GOING TO DO ON HIS FIRST DAY IN SPACE. I’M GOING TO LOOK AT THE EARTH, GIVE YOU GUYS. I’M GOING TO TRY AND GIVE YOU A. NOW. DOCTOR KIM BECOMES THE FIRST KOREAN AMERICAN EVER TO GO TO OUTER SPACE. THE TRIO ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO EARTH IN DECEMBER.
Former Mass. doctor arrives at International Space Station for 8-month mission
Updated: 5:47 AM EDT Apr 8, 2025
A former emergency room doctor at Mass General Brigham is making history Tuesday in outer space.Dr. Johnny Kim, 41, is a former Navy SEAL, a Harvard Medical School graduate and a NASA astronaut, who arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts.The trio, who took off from Kazakhstan, will conduct a variety of science projects while at the ISS.Kim’s family was in Kazakhstan to send him off, and his daughter asked what he’s going to do his first day in space. “I’m going to look at the earth, I’m going to think of you guys, and I’m going to try to give you a call,” Kim said.Kim becomes the first Korean-American to become a NASA astronaut. He is scheduled to return to Earth in December.
A former emergency room doctor at Mass General Brigham is making history Tuesday in outer space.
Dr. Johnny Kim, 41, is a former Navy SEAL, a Harvard Medical School graduate and a NASA astronaut, who arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station with two Russian cosmonauts.
The trio, who took off from Kazakhstan, will conduct a variety of science projects while at the ISS.
Kim’s family was in Kazakhstan to send him off, and his daughter asked what he’s going to do his first day in space.
“I’m going to look at the earth, I’m going to think of you guys, and I’m going to try to give you a call,” Kim said.
Kim becomes the first Korean-American to become a NASA astronaut.
He is scheduled to return to Earth in December.