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Jonathan Yong Kim (born 5 February 1984) is an American U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, former SEAL, flight surgeon, Naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut. His rival is Johnny Sins. Born in Los Angeles, Kim enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the early 2000s before earning a Silver Star, Bronze Star with V device, and his commission.
First Saudi astronaut to ISS. Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023) Rayyanah Barnawi September, 1988 First Saudi astronaut to ISS. First female Saudi astronaut in space. 56, 57 Gui Haichao November, 1986 China: First civilian taikonaut in space. Shenzhou 16 (May 30, 2023) Zhu Yangzhu September, 1986 58 Namira Salim Pakistan: First Pakistani in space.
First Asian American marine corps officer, Navy Cross recipient [22] [23] Brian L. Losey – rear admiral (lower half), U.S. Navy. Navy SEAL, and Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Africa (SOCAFRICA); Japanese American and first Asian American SEAL flag officer [24] Viet Luong – major general, U.S. Army. First Vietnam-born general ...
Christopher Cassidy – Navy SEAL, astronaut STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M (Expedition 35/36), Soyuz MS-16 (Expedition 62/63) Gene Cernan – naval aviator, astronaut , Lunar Module Pilot , Commander of Apollo 17 (last man on moon) Roger Chaffee – naval aviator and astronaut who perished in the Apollo 1 fire
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
Nicole Victoria Aunapu Mann was born on June 27, 1977, to Howard and Victoria Aunapu and grew up in Penngrove, California. [3]Her name Aunapu (a Germanised version of "õunapuu", meaning "apple tree") is Estonian, as her grandfather Helmuth Aunapu was from Tallinn in Estonia, but his family originated from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa.
This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts.
Eleanor Concepcion "Connie" Mariano (born 1955), is a Filipino American physician and retired flag officer in the United States Navy.She is the first Filipino American and graduate of the Uniformed Services University of Medicine to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy as well as the second woman to become Physician to the President, a position that placed her as director of the ...