First Korean astronaut SoYeon Yi tells that story of determination that took her from backup astronaut to primary, securing her place in aerospace history.
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SoYeon Yi Part III - From Backup to Primary Astronaut
April 16, 2019 / astronaut, Korea, Soeyon Yi, First Korean Astronaut
Soyeon Yi, Part II: When a Wedding Singer Becomes an Astronaut
October 16, 2018 / astronaut, SpaceTravel, Korea, Soeyon Yi
Sometime between her third and fourth year of her PhD program, Yi’s research ground to a halt. Her experiments were failing, she wasn’t acquiring good data, and even her friends were asking whether or not she could, or should, continue.
SoYeon Yi, Part I: An Astronaut Education
September 18, 2018 / Engineering, astronaut, SpaceTravel, Korea
Did you have trouble figuring out your major when you were in college? If so, you already have one thing in common with the world’s first Korean astronaut, Soyeon Yi.