South Koreans where filled with pride this Tuesday as the country’s first astronaut successfully entered earths orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz TMA-12 spaceship.
Yi So-Yeon a 29 year old bio systems engineer had the honor of being the first Korean, 49th woman, and 2nd Asian woman to orbit the earth. Yi So-Yeon will dock with the International Space Station later today where she will give her first media interviews and talk to Korean students via radio.
Korea has yet to become a major player in outer space, but the country has plans to become one of the top seven space powers by 2010. It aims to launch a domestically developed rocket that is capable of carrying satellites to orbit later this year.
Tags: Astronaut, First Korean In Space, Korea, Korean Rocket, Korean Satellites, Korean Space Program, Soyuz, TMA-12
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