President Nuri’s 3rd successful launch of the Nuri “a splendid feat of entering the G7 space powerhouse”｜The Dong-A Ilbo

President Yoon Seok-yeol congratulated the successful third launch of the Korean launch vehicle Nuri on the 25th and said, “It is a splendid feat of declaring that Korea has entered the G7, the major space powers.”

President Yoon watched the launch of the Nuri on TV live with his staff from the office of the Yongsan Presidential Office. At around 7:50 p.m. on the same day, when the Ministry of Science and ICT officially announced the success of the third launch of the Nuri, President Yoon said, “The countries that mounted self-made satellites on self-made launch vehicles and launched them into space orbit are the United States, France, Japan, and Russia. , There are only China and India,” said the President’s office through a press notice.

President Yoon said, “The world’s view of Korea’s space science technology and high-tech industries will change significantly.” It is a huge step forward from the second launch that entered,” he emphasized.

At the same time, he said, “I commend and congratulate the public for the hard work of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Hanwha Aerospace, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), researchers and engineers.”

President Yoon also said on Facebook that day, “I hope our future generations will dream wonderful dreams and take on challenges while watching the Nuri go up into space. I will work harder to create a Republic of Korea where people can dream and take on challenges.”

President Yoon said, “President John F. Kennedy, who promoted the Moon project in 1962, said that going to the moon is a challenge not because it is easy, but because it is difficult. Because it is difficult, it becomes our challenge and becomes our dream.”

“Today we confirmed that dreams can become reality. Sweat, passion, and an unstoppable spirit of challenge made the dream a reality.”

“The Nuri also includes actual satellites developed by KAIST and the Korea Astronomical Research Institute, but the three satellites were born in the hands of our startups. So it has more meaning. I’m really proud of it,” he said, “congratulating Nuriho’s success once again, and everyone involved worked hard.”

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