Korean Astronaut Program

Korean Astronaut Program
Hangul	한국 우주인 배출 사업
Hanja	韓國宇宙人輩出事業
Revised Romanization	Hanguk ujuin baechul saeop
McCune–Reischauer	Han'guk ujuin paech'ul saŏp

The Korean Astronaut Program (Korean: 한국 우주인 배출 사업) was an initiative by the South Korean government to send the first Korean into space via the Russian space program. A ten day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with astronaut Yi So-yeon occurred in 2008.^{[needs update]}