In total, 18 scientific experiments including ‘Observational experiment of plant germination, growth and mutation in space’, and ‘Study gravity response and aging gene in space by using drosophila‘ will be carried out in 10 days.Īfter completing the scheduled tasks, she will leave the ISS at 5:20 GMT (2:20 p.m. From the very first day in the ISS, Yi will begin conducting scientific experiment in space. Her schedule during the visit to the ISS is very tight with scientific experiments, performances, and media interviews, leaving no time except for three meals a day and sleeping.Īmong the scheduled tasks are dinner in space, lecture in space, performances with the Korean national flag and emblem ceremony, two HAM communications, four live television broadcasts, and three radio interviews. Yi will stay for 10 days in the Russian Zvezda Module of the ISS. Korea Time) on April 10 after spending two days in the Soyuz. Yi, Korea’s first astronaut, and two Russian cosmonauts (Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko) will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) at 13:00 GMT (10:00 p.m. In less than 10 minutes after launch, the Soyuz spacecraft will reach initial orbit of 24 km above Earth, after separating the first, second and third stage rockets in order, and deploying solar arrays. It will make Korea the 36th nation in the world sending a person into space, and Yi So-yeon, aboard the Soyuz as a spaceflight participant, the 49th woman reaching space. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute announced that a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft, carrying Korea’s first astronaut Yi So-yeon, will be launched from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Space Center at 8:16 p.m. Launch Scheduled at 20:16, Apfrom the Baikonur Cosmodrome in KazakhstanĬelebration Events Held on Seoul City Hall Outdoor Plaza

Korea’s first step toward lunar exploration.

International Cooperation in Using Satellite Images.

Naro, Korea’s first space launch vehicle.

Research and development of aviation propulsion technology.

Next-generation aircraft departure/arrival management system(MIDAS).

Rotary-wing aircraft (Rotorcraft, Helicopter).

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