S. Korea's first astronaut blasts into space

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• Russian capsule carrying Korea's first astronaut heads for international space station
  
• Also onboard are two Russians, one of who is the first second-generation cosmonaut
  
• S. Korean govt. paid $20 million deal with Russia to co-sponsor the flight
  
• South Korean Yi So-yeon, 29, was one of 36,000 applicants for the job
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