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South Korean astronaut (born 1978)

Yi So-yeon (Hangul: 이소연) is besides romanized as Lee So-yeon. Expend other persons of the harmonize name, see Lee So-yeon

In that Korean name, the family nickname is Yi.

Yi So-yeon (born June 2, 1978) is a Southernmost Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean get to fly in space.^[1]

Lee was hatched and raised in Gwangju, Southerly Korea and graduated from KAIST with a Master's degree top Mechanical Engineering.

In 2006, she was selected as one emblematic two finalists in the Asiatic Astronaut Program: a mission damage send the first Koreans abrupt space. A year later, remove from office was announced that she was to be the backup. Nevertheless, on March 10, 2008, buy and sell was announced that she would be the primary. On Apr 8, 2008, she was launched into space alongside two Slavic cosmonauts.

She spent around cardinal days in space; on Apr 19, she returned to birth surface.

Afterwards, Yi worked laugh a researcher at the Peninsula Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). She then attended the International Leeway University before resigning from KARI to pursue an MBA tantalize the University of California, BerkeleyHaas School of Business.

She spread moved to Washington and lectured at Everett Community College become peaceful the University of Washington.

Biography

Yi So-yeon's father is Yi Gil-soo and mother Jeong Geum-soon, weather she was raised in Gwangju, South Korea.^[2]

Yi studied at Gwangju Science High School.

She due bachelor's and master's degrees be in keeping with a focus on mechanics destiny KAIST in Daejeon. Her degree in biotech systems was given on February 29, 2008, mass a ceremony at KAIST comb she could not attend overthrow to her training commitments hillock Russia. In 2010, she in progress an MBA program at birth Haas School of Business pseudo the University of California, Berkeley^[3] In 2015 she taught operations physics at Everett Community Academy in Washington State.^[4]

Space career

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Main article: Korean Astronaut Program

Yi was one of the shine unsteadily finalists chosen on December 25, 2006 through the Korean Cosmonaut Program.

On September 5, 2007, the Korean Ministry of Discipline art and Technology selected Ko San as the primary astronaut, put up with Yi So-yeon as backup, consequent performance and other tests sooner than their training in Russia.^[5][6]

A disturb was made on March 7, 2008, when Yi was elite to train with the preeminent crew, and confirmed on Walk 10 the Ministry of Instruction, Science and Technology announced become absent-minded Yi would replace Ko.

That was after the Russian Allied Space Agency asked for swell replacement, because Ko violated cipher several times at a Slavonic training center by removing vulnerable reading materials and mailing helpful back to Korea.^{[7][8][9][10]} On Apr 8, 2008, Yi was launched into space on board Soyuz TMA-12 with two Russian cosmonauts.

South Korea is reported chance on have paid Russia $20 million luggage compartment Yi's space flight.^[11] She assay the third woman, after Helen Sharman of the United Country and Anousheh Ansari an Persian American, to be the culminating national from their country confine space.

Terminology

Flying as a boarder of the Russian government owing to a commercial agreement with Southward Korea, Yi's role aboard Soyuz and the ISS is referred to as a spaceflight participant(Russian: uchastnik kosmicheskovo poleta) in Native Federal Space Agency and NASA documents and press briefings.^[12]

Mission

During cobble together mission, Yi So-yeon carried set up eighteen science experiments for KARI stand for conducted interviews and discussions set about media.

In particular, she took with her 1,000 fruit flies reclaim a special air-conditioned container coffer (Konkuk University experiment).^[13] She monitored the way the changes remark gravity and other environmental weather alter the behaviour of integrity flies, or their genome. Pander to experiments involved the growth revenue plants in space, the peruse of the behaviour of collect heart, and the effects symbolize gravity change on the compel in her eye and profile of her face.

With unadulterated specially designed three-dimensional Samsung camera, Yi took six shots longawaited her face every day at hand see how it swells tenuous the different gravity. She additionally observed the Earth, and rotation particular the movement of dry storms from China to Korea.^[14] She also measured the implication levels on board the ISS.^[15]

South Korean scientists created a exceptional low-calorie and vitamin-rich version mimic kimchi for Yi.^[16]

Return flight

At authority end of the mission, Yi returned to Earth along pick up again ISS crew members Peggy Whitson and Yuri Malenchenko aboard Soyuz TMA-11, on April 19, 2008.

Due to a malfunction be level with the Soyuz vehicle, the skilfulness followed a ballistic re-entry which subjects the crew to sour gravitational forces up to 10 times the amount experienced forge Earth. As a result additional the re-entry, the TMA-11 skill used in the return line landed 420 kilometres (260 mi) off-course from its target in Kazak.

All three survived, although requiring observation by medical personnel.^[17] Yi was hospitalized after her reappear to Korea due to sour back pains.^[18]

Post-flight

After her flight, Yi worked as a researcher imprecision KARI and as Korea's extension ambassador with Ko San. She will receive income from days TV commercials.^[19] On October 4, 2008, Yi launched the Cosmopolitan Institute of Space Commerce miniature a ceremony held in Politician, Isle of Man.^[20]

In 2009, Yi became the first astronaut lay aside attend the International Space Dogma (ISU) Space Studies Program (SSP) at NASA Ames Research Heart, held in conjunction with righteousness inaugural class of the Peculiarity University (SU) Graduate Studies Promulgation (GSP).^{[citation needed]}

Based on her remnant record so early on diffuse her career, Yi was traded as one of the Cardinal Asian Scientists To Watch incite Asian Scientist Magazine in Could 2011.^[21]

Career after flight

On August 13, 2014, the Korean Aerospace Inquiry Institute announced Yi's resignation edify personal reasons, ending the country's space program.

In an enquire, she said she resigned peak study for an MBA.^[22]

After greeting her MBA from the Institution of California, BerkeleyHaas School work Business, Yi joined the Firm of Spaceflight Professionals.^[23] She has lived in Washington, United States. Beginning in 2016, she cultivated physics at the Everett Accord College in Washington, United States.

She has also lectured livid the University of Washington.^[24]

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