Korean Astronaut Program
Program that sent first South Korean to space in 2008 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Korean Astronaut Program (Korean: 한국 우주인 배출 사업) was an initiative by the South Korean government to send the first Korean into space via the Russian space program. A ten day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronaut Yi So-yeon occurred in 2008.[needs update]