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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.

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.

Backup Astronaut Yi So-yeon Replaces Ko San

Yi So-yeon, a 30-year-old female scientist, has replaced Ko San, 32, as the first Korean to travel space on the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz. The government announced the reason for this replacement was the leakage of documents by Ko. The replacement implies considerable side-effects including the worsening of the credibility of Korea’s scientific circles in the global arena.

RUSSIA BARS WOULD-BE SOUTH KOREAN COSMONAUT

South Korea's Science Ministry announced in Seoul on March 10 that Ko San, who was slated to be the first South Korean to go into space, will be replaced by his backup Yi So-yeon on the April 2008 Soyuz flight, international media reported. Unnamed Korean officials said that Russian authorities banned Ko from the flight because he removed unspecified books "that he was not supposed to see" from the training center in Star City near Moscow. The officials said that Ko's infringements of the rules were "minor," but added that the Russian authorities insist on "abiding by the rules, since even small mistakes can have big consequences in space." Interfax on March 10 quoted a spokesman for the Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos, as saying that his office is "looking into" the South Korean reports, but declining to comment.

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.

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.

A Korean culture party will be held in the orbit on Russian Cosmonautics Day. After the busy working day, first Korean female cosmonaut Yi So-yeon will sing a Korean-language song for her Russian and American colleagues and offer them national cuisin

MOSCOW, April 12 (Itar-Tass) - A Korean culture party will be held in the orbit on Russian Cosmonautics Day. After the busy working day, first Korean female cosmonaut Yi So-yeon will sing a Korean-language song for her Russian and American colleagues and offer them national cuisine meals for the festive dinner.

Family, fans cheer as South Korea's first astronaut blasts into space

As the Russian Soyuz rocket carrying South Korea's first astronaut blasted off into space yesterday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, her mother burst into tears. Yi So-yeon, 29, pictured, a nanotechnology engineer, began her journey to the International Space Station alongside Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko. Her family were among dozens of Korean fans and officials, their faces painted in the colours of their national flag, who cheered and sang as loudspeakers at the launch pad announced the rocket had safely delivered the spaceship into orbit. "[Yi] has bravely overcome all the difficulties," said Choi Gi-hyuk, director of astronaut projects at the South Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The woman has said she plans to take a bit of Korean culture into space by serving the traditional kimchi spicy cabbag

Koreas First Astronaut Changed to Yi So-yeon

Korea¡¯s first astronaut to fly into space via Russia¡¯s Soyuz has been changed from Ko San (31) to Yi So-yeon (29).

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, New Iss Crew Leave for Iss

BAIKONUR. April 8 (Interfax) - The Russian spaceship Soyuz TMA- 12 carrying the first South Korean astronaut Lee So-yeon and Russian astronauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko has been launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Interfax has learnt.

S. Korean female astronaut to undergo eye, heart examination

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax-AVN) - The first South Korean woman astronaut, Yi So-yeon, will undergo a medical examination on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. "Today Yi So-yeon will undergo an examination to check her cardio- vascular system and eye pressure in space-flight conditions," Russian Mission Center told Interfax-AVN. Today she will also have to measure the noise level in various sections of the ISS' Russian segment and to taste traditional Korean food to compare its palatability in the space flight and on Earth, the official said. Besides, the new crew members, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, are due to sign a document on Wednesday evening, whereby the ISS Russian segment is being handed over to them by the previous crew members, Yury Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson.

S. Korean astronaut was scared during Soyuz descent

STAR CITY, Moscow region. April 21 (Interfax-AVN) - The first South Korean astronaut, Yi So-yeon, was afraid of dying during the descent from space in a reentry vehicle along a ballistic trajectory. Yi said she saw flames around the vehicle during the descent. She said she got badly scared at first because the flames were very strong. She was afraid that they could die in the flames, Yi said at a press conference in Star City on Monday. But when she looked at the two other crewmembers, Yury Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson, who did not look alarmed, she calmed down, Yi said. She said it did not get warmer inside the Soyuz TMA-11 reentry vehicle during the descent despite the raging flames outside. As an engineer she expressed her respect for the Russian engineers who designed the Soyuz.

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]

Soyuz spacecraft with first South Korean astronaut set for launch

Moscow/Baikonur, Kazakhstan - The Soyuz spacecraft to carry South Korea's first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts on their virgin flight to the International Space Station (ISS) was set for launch later Tuesday. The Soyuz-FG rocket will blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the central Asian steppe at 1116 GMT taking South Korea's Yi So Yeon and Russian first time cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko into orbit.

South Korea's first astronaut closes in on ISS

South Korea's first astronaut closed in on the International Space Station on Wednesday and was preparing for docking. Yi So-Yeon and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday for a mission hailed by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak as the start of the Asian economic giant's "march towards space." Yi is set to fly back to Earth on April 19 after spending 12 days in space.

South Korea's First Woman Astronaut Lifts Off Into Space

South Koreans are celebrating the launch of their country's first space traveler. Yi So-yeon has become the first South Korean woman to blast into orbit on her way to a research mission on the International Space Station.

Soyuz Launches With South Korea's First Astronaut

South Korea’s first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today and are on their way to the International Space Station. So-Yeon Yi, a 29-year-old female engineer joined incoming Expedition 17 commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko in the three-seat Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, which lifted off at 7:16:39 a.m. EDT. Besides conducting some scientific research Yi has said she will sing to her crewmates and prepare some Korean cuisine for them as well.

First South Korean astronaut returns to earth

South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon smiles during a medical test after returning to Earth in a Russian space capsule in northern Kazakhstan. Yi returned to Earth, touching down with two International Space Station crew members slightly off target in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan.(Xinhua Photo)

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)

Astronaut Yi Heading to ISS on 8th

The first Korean astronaut Yi So-yeon leaves for the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:16 p.m. Korean time on April 8, 2008. She will be the first manned space mission of a South Korean.

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.

South Korean Astronaut Arrives At International Space Station

(RTTNews) - A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-Yeon, has docked with the International Space Station, or ISS. The 29-year-old bio engineer will spend about 10 days in space and conduct several scientific tests. Yi is slated to return to Earth on April 19 with the outgoing crew of the ISS.

South Korean Astronaut Arrives At International Space Station

4/12/2008 11:37:20 PM A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-Yeon, has docked with the International Space Station, or ISS. The 29-year-old bio engineer will spend about 10 days in space and conduct several scientific tests. Yi is slated to return to Earth on April 19 with the outgoing crew of the ISS.

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