KAIST Space Research Institute launched..."University autonomy strengths will be utilized"

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has launched the Space Research Institute, which will integrate space research.

Han Jae-heung, the first president of the space agency, said at a press conference today that the institute will support the development of the space policy through free research that only universities can do, differentiating itself from government-funded research institutes such as the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

An additional space technology innovation talent training center, space core technology research center, and space fusion technology research center will be established around existing satellite research centers.

University of Colorado professor Daniel Jay Scheerrez, who participated in NASA's DART project, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to change the orbit of an asteroid for the first time in mankind, has been appointed vice president.