Jonny Kim

Jonathan Kim is an American US Navy lieutenant, physician, and NASA astronaut. Kim joined the United States Navy SEALs in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star and his commission. He completed his astronaut training in 2020 and was awaiting a flight assignment with the Artemis program as of January 2020.

About Jonny Kim in brief

Summary Jonny KimJonathan Kim is an American US Navy lieutenant, physician, and NASA astronaut. Kim joined the United States Navy SEALs in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star and his commission. While a US sailor, Kim also received his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics, his Doctor of Medicine, and an acceptance to NASA Astronaut Group 22 in 2017. He completed his astronaut training in 2020 and was awaiting a flight assignment with the Artemis program as of January 2020.

Kim is married with three children and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. In 2020, NASA formally announced that Kim would join 17 other astronauts in training for a 2024 moon landing. Kim described himself as ‘the epitome of that quiet kid who just lacked complete self-confidence’ in a 2018 interview with Annals of Emergency Medicine.