Science, education and high-tech as points of common interest for Russia and the Republic of Korea

... cosmonaut from South Korea to orbit the earth on board a Russian spacecraft in April 2008. Russian scientists provided assistance to ROK in setting up a space center on Naro Island. Russia and ROK also agreed to collaborate to design and produce the South Korean Space Rocket Complex (SRC) with the light class Korea Space Launch Vehicle (KSLV)-1. The contract on SRC KSLV-1 was signed in October 2004. The two signatories were the Korean Aerospace Research Institute and from the Russian side, Khrunichev State Research ...