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Ko San Korean Scientist Cosmonaut. Born 19 October 1976.

Personal: Male, Single. Born in Busan, Korea.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Korean Group - 2007. Inactive Entered space service: 25 December 2006. Left space service: 8 April 2008.

Researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology; one of two finalists from South Korea for a Soyuz mission in April 2008; hobbies: boxing and mountain-climbing. Selected as prime candidate for Soyuz TMA-12 on 5 September 2007 but replaced by backup Yi So-yeon on 10 March 200, less than a month before the flight, for allegedly removing taking training materials to Korea.