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Yi So-Yeon

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Yi So-Yeon

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South Korean astronaut

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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.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
South Korea
Active from
1987-10-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
47
Total plays
123

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yi+So-yeon">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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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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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.

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