South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Centre in Goheung on Tuesday. Photo: KARI/AP
South Korea successfully launches home-grown Nuri space rocket after failed attempt last year
- South Korea became the seventh country in the world to put a satellite weighing more than a tonne into orbit in a boost for its space ambitions
- It also aims to launch four more Nuri rockets over the next five years and land a probe on the Moon by 2030
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Centre in Goheung on Tuesday. Photo: KARI/AP
