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WASHINGTON — He has a degree from University of San Diego, he’s a Harvard Medical School graduate and he served as a Navy SEAL, but Dr. Jonny Kim isn’t done: Now he is blasting off to space.

After graduating the training program last week, Kim will become the first Korean-American astronaut with NASA to embark on assignments to the International Space Station, the moon and possibly even Mars. The U.S. embassy in Seoul posted proudly about Kim’s achievements Sunday:

Kim was born and raised in Los Angeles by Korean-American immigrants, according to his NASA bio. After graduating Santa Monica High School in 2002, Kim enlisted in the Navy.

He eventually earned his way onto SEAL Team Three, based in San Diego, and he served as a combat medic, sniper, navigator and point man on more than 100 combat operations across two deployments to the Middle East.

In 2012, he earned his bachelor’s degree in math at University of San Diego. He went on to Harvard Medical School, where he earned his medical degree in 2016.

He was one year into a four-year residency at Massachusetts General Hospital when he got the call that he had been selected as a NASA astronaut candidate. Kim started his training in 2017 and graduated the program on Jan. 10. He is now awaiting his first assignment, according to NASA.

Kim isn’t the only new astronaut with San Diego ties: Colorado native Matthew Dominick, who also graduated last week, is a fellow Torero.

Dominick earned a bachelor’s degree at University of San Diego, then a master’s at the Naval Postgraduate School. As a Navy pilot he had more than 1,600 hours of flight time in 28 aircraft, completing 400 carrier-arrested landings and 61 combat missions, according to NASA.