In the first half of 2008, Russia will send a South Korean citizen into space. An agreement was also reached to build a launch site in South Korea and develop a new launcher.
Illustration of the Korean KSLV-1 launcher
The news agencies report that in the first half of 2008, Russia will send a South Korean citizen into space. An agreement was also reached to build a launch site in South Korea and develop a new launcher. This was announced by Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, at the press conference in Seoul. These understandings were reached on Tuesday when an intergovernmental agreement on partnership in space development was signed. "An agreement was reached, according to the line of Roscosmos, for the joint establishment of a launch site in South Korea, and the joint design of a launcher with a propellant of up to 100 kg," Perminov said.
Last week, the Russian-Korean conference for economic and scientific-industrial cooperation on space issues began in Seoul. The main goals of the conference were the establishment of a Korean launch system, with the help of Russia, and the launch of a South Korean astronaut to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz.
Continuing the topic: a week ago, representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea announced that two hundred and forty-five candidates for the position of astronaut passed the first stage. In this phase, which ended on the second of October, physical fitness tests, endurance tests, various written tests, and CV tests were conducted.
Some statistics and numbers: among the candidates who passed there are 34 women. The youngest among them is 19 years old, the oldest - 49, with the average age ranging from 30 to 39. 34 are undergraduate students, the rest have higher education at various levels. Also, 31 candidates are military personnel, 14 pilots, 22 teachers, and 10 civil servants. There are also engineers, journalists, doctors and scientists.
In the second stage of the competition, the candidates will pass additional endurance and fitness tests, as well as various psychological tests. 30 candidates will pass the second stage. In the third stage, where additional tests will be conducted, 10 contestants will be selected and in the fourth stage, two people will be selected to undergo training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia in early 2007. Only one of them will be allowed to visit the International Space Station in April 2008.
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