KARI Resumes Research Site Visits from March
After 3 Years of Closure Due to COVID-19

"Experience the Nuri rocket development site firsthand and nurture your dreams of space"


The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced on the 28th that it will resume its research and development site tour program, which had been suspended due to COVID-19, starting in March. This program allows visitors to explore various aerospace research and development sites, including the actual 75-ton class engine of the Nuri rocket, satellite assembly and testing facilities, control rooms, as well as stratospheric solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles, future urban air mobility (UAM), and the Korean Positioning System (KPS).


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Specifically, the program includes ▲ the launch vehicle research achievements such as the actual 75-ton class engine of the Nuri rocket, ▲ assembly and testing facilities for the Arirang and Cheollian satellites and the lunar orbiter Danuri,

▲ Arirang satellite control facilities, ▲ aerospace research achievements including UAM and unmanned aerial vehicles, and ▲ research achievements of the Korean Positioning System (KPS).


Reservations can be made through the KARI website. The program is available for groups of elementary school students from grade 4 and above, with 15 to 50 participants. Additionally, a separate individual tour program will be operated during school vacation periods.



Lee Sang-ryul, President of KARI, said, “We are pleased to overcome the COVID-19 era and reopen the aerospace research and development sites to the public.” He added, “We especially hope that young students and adolescents, who will be the main actors in the aerospace era, will visit the vivid research and development sites and dream bigger dreams toward the sky and space.”


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