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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.. 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.
David M. Brown – captain, flight surgeon and astronaut killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster ; Scott Carpenter – naval aviator, astronaut, Mercury 7; Christopher Cassidy – Navy SEAL, astronaut STS-127, Soyuz TMA-08M (Expedition 35/36), Soyuz MS-16 (Expedition 62/63)
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 ...
Chiaki Mukai was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture.She graduated from Keio Girls Senior High School in Tokyo in 1971. She received her doctorate in medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 1977; a doctorate in physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 1988; board certified as a cardiovascular surgeon, Japan Surgical Society, 1989.
2002: Kenneth P. Moritsugu becomes the first Asian-American Surgeon General. 2010: Daniel Inouye becomes the first Asian-American President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in American history. 2015: Yumi Hogan becomes the first Asian-American First Lady of a U.S. State. [59]
Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Furukawa was assigned to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on long-duration missions Expedition 28 / 29 (2011) and Expedition 69 / 70 (2023-2024).
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.