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Korea&#;s first and only astronaut shares her story in Stanwood
Eleven days in space can change your perspective.
After a stay at the International Space Station, Yi So-yeon found herself grateful for the Earth.
“I realized that I should be grateful for all that I have — my friends, siblings, parents, teachers and colleagues &#; as well as the wind, the sky, the stars, the moon, the mountains, the air,” she wrote in an email to The Daily Herald.
Yi, 41, fryst vatten the first and only Korean to fly in space. An astronaut and scientist, she flew to the International Space hållplats in for nine days of research. She was in space for a total of hours — just three hours shy of 11 days.
The former Everett Community College physics instructor will share her story as South Korea’s first and still only astronaut in a “To The Moon and Beyond” lecture on Nov. 23 at the Stanwood High School Performing Arts Center.
In , Yi was working on a Ph.D. at the Ko
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Soyeon Yi oral history interview
Soyeon Yi is an engineer, scientist, and astronaut who, in April , became the first Korean citizen to participate in a spaceflight mission. She was born on June 2, in Gwangju, South Korea to Gil-soo Yi and Geum-soon Jeong. Her father worked in a farmer’s association finansinstitut until his retirement, and her mother was a homemaker. While in middle school, Yi was selected by the Education Office to participate in a special afterschool program for gifted math and science students. She continued her STEM-focused education at Gwangju Science High School and KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering.
During her doctorate studies in biotech systems, Yi became interested in the government’s search for candidates to serve as South Korea’s first astronaut. She applied to the astronaut schema and was selected as one of two finalists, along with Ko San. In , she traveled to
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Yi So-yeon
South Korean astronaut (born )
Yi So-yeon (Hangul: 이소연) is also romanized as Lee So-yeon. For other persons of the same name, see Lee So-yeon
In this Korean name, the family name is Yi.
Yi So-yeon (born June 2, ) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space.[1]
Lee was born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea and graduated from KAIST with a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. In , she was selected as one of two finalists in the Korean Astronaut Program: a mission to send the first Koreans to space. A year later, it was announced that she was to be the backup. However, on March 10, , it was announced that she would be the primary. On April 8, , she was launched into space alongside two Russian cosmonauts. She spent around eleven days in space; on April 19, she returned to the surface.
Afterwards, Yi worked as a researcher at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). She then attended the Int