Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean to fly into space.
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.
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
Yi So-yeon
…Occupation Researcher Space career KAP astronaut Time in space 10 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes Selection 2006 South Korean program Missions Soyuz TMA-12/TMA-11 Korean name Hangul 이소연 Hanja 李素妍 RR I Soyeon MR I Soyŏn IPA Yi So-yeon (Korean: 이소연, born June 2, 1978) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist…
From left to right: Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Yuri Malenchenko, Peggy WhitsonSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-10Soyuz TMA-12 →
Expedition 16 Soyuz Launch
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station.
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