Korea Aerospace Research Institute
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Korean alphabet : | 한국 항공 우주 연구원 |
Hanja : | 韓國 航空 宇宙 硏 究 院 |
Revised Romanization : | Han-guk Hanggong Uju Yeon-guwon |
McCune-Reischauer : | Han'guk Hanggong Uju Yǒn'guwǒn |
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute ( KARI ) is the aerospace agency of South Korea .
The KARI was founded on October 10, 1989. Since South Korea's admission to the IAEA in 1992, research has mainly focused on space technology.
The main center of the KARI is in the city of Daejeon , Daedeok Science Town . In 2012, KARI's budget was 296 billion won . This is a smaller share of the gross domestic product than in other space travel nations.
KARI projects include These include the Korea Space Launch Vehicle , the earth observation satellites of the KOMPSat series and a program to explore the moon.
Korean astronaut program
On December 25, 2006, the two South Korean candidates for a flight with the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), a man and a woman, were selected during an event at the SBS television center in Dongchon-dong in Seoul. This was preceded by a selection process from a total of 36,000 applicants.
- Yi So-yeon (28, scientist at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology )
- Ko San (30, scientist at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology )
This winning pair completed a 15-month astronaut training course at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center near Moscow in spring 2007 . First, Ko San was selected for flight. The exchange of candidates was announced on March 10th. During his training, Ko San had gained access to documents about the Soyuz control, which is not allowed under the regulations for foreign candidates. Thus, in April 2008, the Korean Yi So-yeon flew on board the Soyuz TMA-12 to the International Space Station to carry out scientific experiments there for about eight days.
The eight other finalists were:
- Park Ji-young (23, student at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology )
- Yun Seok-oh (29, Hanyang University employee )
- Lee Jin-young (36, a pilot in the South Korean Air Force)
- Jang Joon-sung (25, policeman at the Nambu Police Station in Bucheon )
- Ryu Jeong-won (33, senior executive at IT Magic Co. )
- Lee Han-gyu (33, scientist at Samsung SDI )
- Choi Ah-jeong (24, student at Seoul State University )
- Kim Young-min (33, researcher at the Korea Basic Science Institute )
Web links
- Korea Aerospace Research Institute website (English / Korean)
- KARI in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Korea Economic Institute of America: Joining the Asia Space Race: South Korea's Space Program (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Space Foundation: Space Agency Spotlight: Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). February 29, 2016, accessed April 18, 2018 .
- ^ Daniel A. Pinkston: Joining the Asia Space Race: South Korea's Space Program. (PDF) Korea Economic Institute of America, September 10, 2014, p. 2 , accessed on April 18, 2018 (English): “In 2012, KARI's budget was $ 194 million or about 0.017 percent of GDP, the lowest among the space- faring nations "
- ↑ SpaceOps 2016: Highlight Talks: Space Research and Development Activities of Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). May 2016, accessed on April 18, 2018 (English): "KARI has a plan to launch KSLV-II which will be developed by our own technology in 2020, and also have a plan of lunar exploration."
- ↑ Korea Times: Korean Will Go Into Space in 2008 ( Memento from January 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ RIA novosti: First Korean woman and not the first Korean woman in space? - Surprising change shortly before space launch ( memento from March 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ RIA Novosti / Sputnik News: Russia bans Korean "spy" from the space program