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International Space Station Imagery
San Ko and So-yeon Yi
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JSC2008-E-005187 (14 Jan. 2008) --- San Ko (right) and So-yeon Yi (center), South Korean prime and backup spaceflight participants, respectively, participate in a space station hardware training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. San is scheduled to launch with the Expedition 17 crew on the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft April 8 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome under a commercial agreement between the South Korean government and Roscosmos for nine days on the International Space Station; San is scheduled to return to Earth April 19 with the Expedition 16 crew. United Space Alliance (USA) instructor Glenn Johnson assisted the spaceflight participants. [So-yeon Yi has been named to replace San Ko as South Korea's first astronaut, it was announced March 10.]

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 03/27/2008
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