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Yi So-Yeon is a female artist from South Korea. Born on June 2, 1978, she is identified in various romanization systems as I So-yŏn and I Soyeon. Her professional output includes five works, and she has spent a total of 15,660 units of time in space.
The artist is referenced by 109 other encyclopedia articles. On the Last.fm platform, her profile lists 47 listeners and a total playcount of 123.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1978-06-02 ) June 2, 1978 (age 48) , Gwangju , South Korea
- Occupation
- Researcher
- Time in space
- 10 days, 21 hours, 13 minutes
- Selection
- 2006 South Korean program
- Missions
- Soyuz TMA-12 / TMA-11
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Gwangju
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- KAIST
- Employer
- Inha University
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Native language
- Korean
- Image
- Yi So-yeon (NASA - JSC2008-E-004174).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yi So-yeon
- date of birth
- 1978-06-02
- P450
- Soyuz TMA-11
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- I So-yŏn
- Revised Romanization
- I Soyeon
- name in native language
- 이소연
- time in space
- 15660
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Encyclopedic overview
Yi So-yeon (Korean: 이소연, born June 2, 1978) is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean to fly in space.
Lee was born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea and graduated from KAIST with a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2006, she was selected as one of two finalists in the Korean Astronaut Program: a mission to send the first Koreans to space. A year later, it was announced that she was to be the backup. However, on March 10, 2008, it was announced that she would be the primary. On April 8, 2008, she was launched into space alongside two Russian cosmonauts. She spent around eleven days in space; on April 19, she returned to the surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yi So-Yeon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.