SKorea's 1st Astronaut to Help Country Develop Space Tech
(AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) :: SouthKorea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon, left, is hugged by her mother upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, SouthKorea, Monday, April 28, 2008. Yi and other crews of the Soyuz capsule that landed last week in Kazakhstan hundreds of kilometers (miles) off-target after an unexpectedly severe descent was in serious danger, according to a Russian news agency.
Updated: 4/28/2008
South Korea's first astronaut says she will do her best to help her country develop its own space technology.
The 29-year-old bioengineer Yi So-yeon told a news conference Monday after her return home that she will ''pay back'' the support the South Korean people gave for her trip to space.
Yi works for the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
The South Korean government paid Russia $20 million for her flight to the international space station aboard a Russian capsule earlier this month.
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