Korea AeroSpace Administration
우주항공청 | |
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| Formation | May 27, 2024 |
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| Type | Governmental organisation |
| Headquarters | Sacheon, South Korea |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 35°03′07″N 128°02′29″E / 35.0520049°N 128.0413561°E |
President | Yoon Yeongbin |
Staff | 241 |
| Website | kasa |
| Korea AeroSpace Administration | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Uju hanggongcheong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Uju hanggongch'ŏng |
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA; Korean: 우주항공청) is a Korean government-funded space and aeronautics agency. Established under the Ministry of Science and ICT, KASA oversees the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.[1] It's initial headquarters is in South Gyeongsang Province.
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KASA was part of campaign promises under Yoon Suk Yeol to reform national politics, including shifting space exploration to the private sector.[2] Seen as the domestic version of NASA, it will make efforts to become one of the top five leading space agencies through creating and landing homegrown spacecraft on the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045 and develop the rocket KSLV-III.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ 배민영 (8 January 2024). "'한국판 나사' 우주항공청, 과기부에 설치… 항우연·천문연도 편입". Segye Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "South Korea launches its own NASA: New agency aims to boost science and commercial space projects". Science.org. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Korea launches space agency to compete in global space race". The Korea Times. Yonhap News. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.