NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Eight-Month Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a press conference at 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday, December 19 from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Media interested in participating in person should contact the NASA Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, December 18 at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.
Media wishing to participate by telephone should contact the Johnson newsroom no later than two hours before the event begins. To ask questions by telephone, media must log into the press conference no later than 15 minutes before the call begins. NASA’s Media Accreditation Policy is available online.
Kim returned to Earth on December 9, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. He spent 245 days as the flight engineer of Expedition 72/73 during its first spaceflight. The trio completed 3,920 orbits around Earth during their nearly 104 million kilometer journey. They also witnessed the arrival of nine visiting spacecraft and the departure of six.
During his mission, Kim contributed to a wide range of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations. He studied the behavior of bioprinted tissues containing blood vessels in microgravity for an experiment helping to advance tissue production in space to treat patients on Earth. It also evaluated remote control of several robots in space for the Surface Avatar study, which could support the development of robotic assistants for future exploration missions. Additionally, Kim has worked to develop in-space manufacturing of DNA-mimicking nanomaterials, which could improve drug delivery technologies and support emerging therapies and regenerative medicine.
Learn more about International Space Station research and operations at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
james.j.russell@nasa.gov
Shaneequa Vereen
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
shaneequa.y.vereen@nasa.gov
