U.S.-Russian crew of three launches to the Worldwide Area Station

On this handout picture supplied by NASA, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov, backside, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, center, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritskiy, high, wave farewell previous to boarding the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft for launch on April 8, 2025 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched efficiently to the Worldwide Area Station on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) on board a Russian spacecraft.

A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to place the Soyuz MS-27 carrying the trio in orbit. They’re set to dock on the station simply over three hours later.

Mr. Kim and Russia’s Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky are scheduled to spend about eight months on the area outpost.

NASA mentioned Mr. Kim will conduct scientific investigations and know-how demonstrations to assist put together the crew for future area missions and supply advantages to folks on Earth. A local of Los Angeles, Mr. Kim is a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and dual-designated naval aviator and flight surgeon.

Mr. Kim, Mr. Ryzhikov and Mr. Zubritsky will be part of NASA astronauts Don Pettit, Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Company’s astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Kirill Peskov on the area outpost.