Graduating from Harvard Medical School and being a part of the Navy SEALs must not have been enough accomplishments for Jonny Kim. The 35-year-old is now the first Korean-American to become a NASA astronaut.
Kim, along with 12 others, graduated last week from NASA's Artemis program, allowing the astronauts to be eligible to participate in missions to the International Space Station, to the moon and even Mars. 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate - Jonny Kim. Two of the candidates were from the Canadian Space Agency, but the 11 others, including Kim, were selected from an initial pool of more than 18,000 applicants, NASA said.
— Jonny Kim January 13, 2020 A child of immigrant parentsKim's family background is one that many children of immigrants can relate to. Read More"My parents were South Korean immigrants who came to America in the early 80s for the hope of a better life for their children," Kim said in a 2017 interview with NASA. After he graduated high school in Los Angeles, Kim joined the Navy as a Seaman recruit, which eventually led him to obtain the elite military status of a Navy SEAL.
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