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View story 3 0 Woman Replaces Colleague for South Korea’s First Space Mission http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/asia/11korea.html?re... Submitted by kostas11 20 months, 6 days, 11 hours ago SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea announced Monday that a woman who is a bioengineering student would become its first astronaut. She is scheduled to blast off on board a Russian Soyuz rocket on April 8 on a trip to the International Space Station that will be watched on television by millions of South Koreans. The astronaut, Yi So-yeon, 29, was selected after the Russian space Tags: astronaut comment (0) | Category: Local News | Add kostas11 as a source Comments Votes (my sources) Votes (Everyone) « go back

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