Soyuz TMA-11
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Soyuz TMA-11 was a human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station. The mission began at 13:22 UTC on October 10, 2007, when t
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Expedition 16 Soyuz Launch
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station.
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Yi So-yeon
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Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean to fly into space.
Soyuz TMA-11
…TMA. Although the crew were recovered with no serious injuries, the spacecraft's hatch and antenna suffered burn damage during the unusual reentry. Yi So-yeon was hospitalized after her return to South Korea. The South Korean Science Ministry stated that the astronaut had a minor injury to her neck muscles…
Yi in 2008
Yi So-yeon and Ko San participate in a space station hardware training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center by Crew Systems instructor Glenn Johnson.
Yi So-yeon with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (right), Expedition 16 commander, and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (middle), flight engineer, at the International Space Station.