NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Arrives in Houston | Johnson Space Center

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Arrives in Houston | Johnson Space Center

Houston, he’s home. 🏠Welcome home, Jonny Kim! "Jonny’s return marks the conclusion of Expedition 73, a milestone in space science and global collaboration. He arrived at Ellington Fieldand and was greeted with pride and celebration."

On December 9, 2025, the Russian Soyuz MS-27 crew spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Russia orbited Earth 3,920 times and traveled nearly 104 million miles over the course of their 245-day mission. The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft launched and docked with the International Space Station on April 8, 2025.

This was Kim’s first spaceflight, where he served as a flight engineer for Expedition 72 and 73. This also was Zubritsky first trip to the International Space Station. Ryzhikov now has logged a total of 603 days in space during three trips to the orbital complex, ranking him 13th all time.

After landing, the three crew members flew separately by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, where recovery teams were based. Kim then boarded a NASA aircraft for his return to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, while Ryzhikov and Zubritsky departed for their training base in Star City, Russia.

Image Credit: Johnson Space Center

Date: Dec. 10, 2025

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