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SKorea's first astronaut replaced by backup who trained better

STAR CITY, Moscow region, March 19 (Itar-Tass) --The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon because the latter had achieved better results in training at Star City, Choi Gi Hyuk, head of the South Korean government's Korea Astronaut Program, said.

The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon ...

STAR CITY, Moscow region, March 19 (Itar-Tass) --The South Korean government has decided to replace its first astronaut Ko San with his backup Yi So-yeon because the latter had achieved better results in training at Star City, Choi Gi Hyuk, head of the South Korean government's Korea Astronaut Program, said.

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From Astronaut to Public Ambassador for Science and Culture

Yi So-yeon is not only Korea’s first astronaut but also a female astronaut. What role will she play after her visit to space? Korea’s first astronaut is a woman, which has occurred only twice in the world, following the U.K.’s Helen Sharman, a British female who became that nation’s first astronaut among 13,000 candidates on December 25, 1989. She later gave science lectures and played a role as a public ambassador after traveling to the Mir Space Station on the Russian space craft Soyuz TM-12.

Korea's first astronaut hopes to make peace with North

Urdu Times (News):South Korea\'s first astronaut voiced hope on Wednesday that her mission would bring peace with the north of the divided peninsula and said she had a spicy Korean feast ready for the crew. \"I will try and make peace between North and South Korea,\" Yi So-Yeon, 29, said at a press conference in Star City, a Soviet astronaut training centre in a snow-covered pine forest near Moscow, ahead of her launch on April 8. \"If it\'s helpful, as the first Korean astronaut I will try and help the North and South Korean problem.... I hope the North Korean people will also be happy with our flight,\" she said. A biosystems engineering student, Yi is set to blast off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which Russia leases from the Kazakh state.

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Amazon.com Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings

Amazon.com Inc. announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net sales increased 37% to $4.13 billion in the first quarter, compared with $3.02 billion in first quarter 2007. Excluding the $0.18 billion favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales grew 31% compared with first quarter 2007. Net income increased 30% to $143 million in the first quarter, compared with net income of $111 million in first quarter 2007.

Augmenting Data Beats Better Algorithms

eldavojohn writes "A teacher is offering empirical evidence that when you're mining data, augmenting data is better than a better algorithm. He explains that he had teams in his class enter the Netflix challenge, and two teams went two different ways. One team used a better algorithm while the other harvested augmenting data on movies from the Internet Movie Database. And this team, which used a simpler algorithm, did much better — nearly as well as the best algorithm on the boards for the $1 million challenge. The teacher relates this back to Google's page ranking algorithm and presents a pretty convincing argument. What do you think? Will more data usually perform better than a better algorithm?"

South Korea changes first astronaut candidate for ISS mission

SEOUL, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- South Korea changed its first astronaut candidate for a mission on the ISS that is to be brought there by the Russian manned spaceship Soyuz, the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology told an urgent press conference on Monday. Russia asked South Korea to replace its primary astronaut candidate Ko San, 31, who repeatedly violated the training protocol. His backup candidate, Yi So-yeon, 29, a doctoral candidate for bio systems engineering, is now training for a ten-day ISS mission.

SPACEISS Mission Puts First S. Korean Astronaut in Orbit

Tuesday's Soyuz spacecraft launch from Kazakhstan marked multiple milestones. On board was Yi So-yeon, South Korea's first astronaut and, at age 29, the youngest woman ever to go to space. The mission's commander, Sergei Volkov, became the first second-generation astronaut or cosmonaut to reach space. The spacecraft is scheduled to deliver its passengers to the ISS on Thursday.

ISS Mission Puts First S. Korean Astronaut in Orbit

Tuesday's Soyuz spacecraft launch from Kazakhstan marked multiple milestones. On board was Yi So-yeon, South Korea's first astronaut and, at age 29, the youngest woman ever to go to space. The mission's commander, Sergei Volkov, became the first second-generation astronaut or cosmonaut to reach space. The spacecraft is scheduled to deliver its passengers to the ISS on Thursday.

SKorea's first astronaut in hospital with back pain

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon has been admitted to hospital with severe back pains caused by her rough return voyage to Earth, officials said Tuesday.

SKorea's first astronaut says still feels some pain

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon returned home Monday, saying she still feels some pain following her unorthodox re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere.

Korea's First Astronaut to Be Replaced

The government plans to send Yi So-yeon for the nation's first astronaut space trip, instead of Ko San, at the request of Russian evaluators.

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As a Russian Soyuz spacecraft rose into the bright blue sky Tuesday, spectators held their breaths, South Koreans celebrated their first astronaut and the astronaut's mother fainted.

South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon, left, and Russian cosmonaut, commander Sergei Volkov, crew members of the 17th mission to the international space station speak prior to the launch of their Soyuz-FG rocket.

First Korean Astronaut Goes Into Space

The first Korean has gone into space. Carrying South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon (30) and two other astronauts, the Soyuz-FG rocket blasted off successfully from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome or Space Center about 2,100 km southeast of Moscow at 8:16:39 p.m. on Tuesday by Korean standard time.

First South Korean Astronaut Docks at Space Station

South Korea's first astronaut, a biosystems engineering student, Yi So-Yeon, 29, (R) is accompanied by Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman in space, she and crew members—commander Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko of Russia—boad the spacecraft in Baikonur, to blast off for the International Space Station. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)

First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission

STAR CITY, Russia (AFP) - The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre.

First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission

STAR CITY, Russia (AFP) - The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre.

FIRST Unveils New Robotics Platform for 2008 FIRST Tech Challenge Season

ATLANTA --(Business Wire)-- FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology, today revealed its new robotics platform for the 2008 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) season. The presentation and preview demonstration were made to attendees of the 2008 FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome.

FIRST Unveils New Robotics Platform for 2008 FIRST Tech Challenge Season

ATLANTA (Business Wire) -- FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology, today revealed its new robotics platform for the 2008 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) season. The presentation and preview demonstration were made to attendees of the 2008 FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome.

South Korea's First Female Astronaut Prepares for Flight into Space

South Korea's first female astronaut Yi So-yeon, left, and Russian astronauts Sergei Volkov, center, and Oleg Kononenko pose for photos during a press release in Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 7, 2008. Yi, South Korea's first person in space; will embark on a 10-day trip with the two Russia astronauts to the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. [Photo:xinhuanet]

South Korea's First Female Astronaut Prepares for Flight into Space

South Korea's first female astronaut Yi So-yeon, left, and Russian astronauts Sergei Volkov, center, and Oleg Kononenko pose for photos during a press release in Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 7, 2008. Yi, South Korea's first person in space; will embark on a 10-day trip with the two Russia astronauts to the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. [Photo:xinhuanet]

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