posted 08-21-2024 08:46 PM               

This thread is intended for comments and questions about the Soyuz MS-27 mission to the International Space Station.

posted 08-21-2024 08:48 PM               

ISS-73: Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky, Jonathan Kim. Launch on Soyuz MS-27.

Jonathan Kim's flight will take place under an agreement between Roscosmos and NASA under the cross-flight program.

posted 08-28-2024 12:35 PM               

NASA Assigns Astronaut Jonny Kim to First Space Station Mission

During his first mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will serve as a flight engineer and member of the upcoming Expedition 72/73 crew.

Kim will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft in March 2025, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. The trio will spend approximately eight months at the space station.

While aboard the orbiting laboratory, Kim will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare the crew for future space missions and provide benefits to people on Earth.

NASA selected Kim as an astronaut in 2017. After completing the initial astronaut candidate training, Kim supported mission and crew operations in various roles including the Expedition 65 lead operations officer, T-38 operations liaison, and space station capcom chief engineer.

A native of Los Angeles, Kim is a United States Navy lieutenant commander and dual designated naval aviator and flight surgeon. Kim also served as an enlisted Navy SEAL. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of San Diego and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and completed his internship with the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

posted 04-07-2025 07:49 PM               

Launch is scheduled for 1:47 a.m. EDT (0547 UTC) on Tuesday (April 8) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

posted 04-08-2025 01:35 AM               

After lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 5:03 a.m. EDT (0903 UTC) on Tuesday, April 8.

The hatches between the Soyuz and space station are then expected to be open at approximately 7:20 a.m. EDT (1120 UTC).

posted 12-04-2025 12:14 PM               

• Sunday, Dec. 7
  
  10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) – Expedition 73/74 change of command ceremony begins on NASA+ Amazon Prime, and YouTube.

• Monday, Dec. 8

  4:45 p.m. – Farewells and hatch closing coverage begins

  5:10 p.m. EST (2010 GMT) – Hatch closing

  8:15 p.m. – Undocking coverage begins

  8:41 p.m. EST (0141 GMT) – Undocking

  10:30 p.m. – Deorbit and landing coverage begins.

  11:10 p.m. EST (0410 GMT) – Deorbit burn

• Tuesday, Dec. 9

  12:04 a.m. (0504 GMT or 10:04 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan) – Landing

posted 12-08-2025 11:43 AM               

After eight months aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky are getting ready to return home.

Watch as they give their farewell remarks and climb into the Soyuz spacecraft to head back to Earth. Hatch closure is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. EST (2215 GMT) on Monday (Dec. 8).

posted 12-08-2025 04:54 PM               

Watch as NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, depart from the International Space Station and begin their voyage back to Earth.

Their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is set to undock from the space station at 8:41 p.m. EST on Dec. 8 (0141 GMT Dec. 9).

posted 12-08-2025 08:17 PM               

After departing from the International Space Station at 8:41 p.m. EST on Dec. 8 (0141 GMT on Dec. 9), NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky are returning to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft. The crew is scheduled to land at 12:04 a.m. EST (0504 GMT) on the steppe of Kazakhstan.

posted 12-09-2025 12:16 AM               

Ryzhikov also stood and signed the Soyuz descent module.

posted 12-09-2025 03:56 PM               

Still waiting on photos of Jonny Kim's return to Houston.

posted 12-10-2025 02:22 PM               

Welcome home, NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim! After 245 days aboard the International Space Station, Jonny's return marks the conclusion of Expedition 73, a milestone in space science and global collaboration. Today, he arrives at Ellington Field, greeted with pride and celebration.