SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea will launch an independent aerospace administration to assume full responsibility for state-led space programs and aeronautical research by the end of the year, it said. he announces. Thursday the Ministry of Science.
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced in advance the enactment of a special law to establish the National Aeronautics Administration, or the Korean version of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The ministry said it would seek parliamentary approval in June and open administration in December.
Under the new law, the new administration will lead the country’s space program, aeronautical research and space research, including lunar and Mars exploration projects.
It will recruit the best space experts and researchers at home and abroad, with foreign nationals to be eligible for a post in the administration, according to the science ministry.
In this file photo taken on June 21, 2022, South Korea’s Nuri space rocket lifts off from Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, southwest South Korea, as the country tries a second time to put a satellite into orbit. (Yonhap)
The launch of the new aerospace ministry is part of the South Korean government’s long-term plans to seek future growth momentum and make its presence felt on the world stage amid fierce competition for space projects in the whole world.
So far, South Korea’s space projects have been carried out mainly by the government and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
Since the first KITSAT-1 satellite in 1992, the country has sent a multitude of satellites into space. Last year, it carried out its first successful satellite launch using a locally developed rocket, Nuri.
And it sent the first Danuri lunar orbiter last year on South Korea’s first space mission beyond Earth orbit to measure terrain, magnetic forces, gamma rays and other surface features. lunar. .
South Korea will conduct its third Nuri launch in May.
brk@yna.co.kr
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