As a child, Yi So-yeon was mesmerised by a female cosmonaut on screen. “She was pretty and smart, loved by all male scientists around her. When the men started fighting, she would always calm ...

We asked South Korea's first – and still only – space traveler, Yi So-yeon, for her thoughts about him. Ms. Yi in 2008 joined the crew of a Russian Soyuz flight to the International Space Station.

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 ...

Astronaut training: South Korean astronaut Yi So-yeon gives a thumbs up sign as she undergoes a splashdown landing training session in the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Sevastopol, Monday.

Meet Yi So-yeon, the first person to fly in space from Korea and a recent Haas School of Business graduate. We sat down with her to learn more about her background, her experience as an astronaut ...

South Koreans are celebrating the launch of their country's first space traveler. Yi So-yeon has become the first South Korean woman to blast into orbit on her way to a research mission on the ...

The first South Korean astronaut, Yi So-yeon, is set to launch in April on a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station. There are several stories here. One is that she is the first ...

151; -- She went from astronaut to an astro-not. Yi So-yeon, South Korea's first and only astronaut quit her job this week, ending the country's manned space program. The Korea Aerospace Research ...

Yi So-yeon (left) just before liftoff to ISS in 2008. Credit: NASA /Victor Zelentsov Subscribe for ads-free reading South Korea has successfully sent a new science satellite into space ...