Hanwha Group said on the 23rd that it held a children's space science event, "Lift-off, My Nuri—launching my own universe," at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon on the 22nd to mark the fourth launch of Nuri.
The event was prepared to commemorate the fourth Nuri launch scheduled for the 27th. Hanwha Group hosted and organized it, and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), and KAIST participated as partner organizations.
With 80 fourth- to sixth-grade elementary school students from across the country participating, sessions were held on a talk about Nuri, space science experiences, and rocket making and launching. In the first session, Kim Jin-hyeok, senior researcher on the Launch Vehicle Engine Team at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), who took part in developing the Nuri engine, presented the journey of independently developing Nuri.
In the second session, science creators "Coco" and "Bora" and the students conducted space science experiments. In the final session, "Launching my own Nuri," the students launched three-stage, separable water rockets they made themselves.
A Hanwha Group official said, "We will further expand our educational programs so that the next generation can challenge themselves toward 'my own universe.'"