NASA astronaut Johnny Kim will recap his recent mission to the International Space Station during a press conference at 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Watch the news conference live on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.
Media interested in attending in person should contact the NASA Johnson Newsroom at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov before 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18.
Media wishing to participate by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom two hours prior to the start of the event. To ask questions by phone, media must dial into the news conference 15 minutes before the start of the call. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online.
Kim returned to Earth on December 9 with Roscosmos astronauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. He spent 245 days as the Expedition 72/73 flight engineer during his first space flight. During their journey of approximately 104 million miles, the trio completed 3,920 orbits of the Earth. They also witnessed the arrival of nine guest spacecraft and the departure of six.
During his mission, Kim contributed to extensive scientific investigations and technology demonstrations. They studied the behavior of bioprinted tissues containing blood vessels in microgravity for an experiment that could help advance space-based tissue production to treat patients on Earth. They also evaluated remote command of multiple robots in space for surface embodiment studies, which could support the development of robotic assistants for future exploration missions. Additionally, Kim worked on the development of space fabrication of DNA-mimicking nanomaterials, which could improve drug delivery technologies and support emerging therapeutics and regenerative medicine.
Learn more about International Space Station research and operations:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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jimmy russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
james.j.russell@nasa.gov
shaniqua vereen
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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