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Jonny Kim

NASA astronaut. Sharing stories of education, camaraderie, and the inspiring humans behind our public service.

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Jonny Kim

M+29: Many habits that work on Earth don’t work in microgravity. I’ve been surprised by how differently I must approach tasks, even simple ones such as transferring items between bags to carrying objects.

Here’s an example: on Earth, we walk with our legs and carry things with our hands. In microgravity, we ‘walk’ (we call it translate) with our hands, freeing up our legs.

So, it’s often more practical to carry items with our legs and move with our hands—the opposite of Earth. Just one of many differences in life aboard the
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Jonny Kim

Space sushi isn’t quite the same as the fresh stuff on the ground, but it’s not bad! We had a crew celebration recently and one of our crewmates expressed how much they missed sushi (as do I). So we collected and pitched in our personal supplies of fish, spam and rice, coupled with a dash of gochujang and wasabi, which made for a great meal.

One thing you’ll notice that is different about our dinner table is that we orient tape such that the sticky side is facing up. This allows us to stick food, utensils and condiments to our table. Otherwise, everything would float away.