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Yi So-yeon born June 2, is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first Korean to fly in space. In , 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, , it was announced that she would be the primary.

On April 8, , she was launched into space alongside two Russian cosmonauts.

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She spent around eleven days in space; on April 19, she returned to the surface. Yi studied at Gwangju Science High School. Her doctorate in biotech systems was conferred on February 29, , in a ceremony at KAIST though she could not attend due to her training commitments in Russia. Yi was one of the two finalists chosen on December 25, through the Korean Astronaut Program.

On September 5, , the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology selected Ko San as the primary astronaut, and Yi So-yeon as backup, following performance and other tests during their training in Russia. A change was made on March 7, , when Yi was selected to train with the primary crew, and confirmed on March 10 the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced that Yi would replace Ko.

This was after the Russian Federal Space Agency asked for a replacement, because Ko violated regulations several times at a Russian training center by removing sensitive reading materials and mailing one back to Korea. During her mission, Yi So-yeon carried out eighteen science experiments for KARI and conducted interviews and discussions with media.

In particular, she took with her 1, fruit flies in a special air-conditioned container box Konkuk University experiment. Other experiments involved the growth of plants in space, the study of the behaviour of her heart, and the effects of gravity change on the pressure in her eye and shape of her face.