South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 2 at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday. [Korea Aerospace Research Institute]
South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 2 at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday. [Korea Aerospace Research Institute]

"Countdown: five, four, three, two, one — launch."

South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket, developed entirely with domestic technology, successfully lifted off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday.

The Nuri rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 2 at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday. [Korea Aerospace Research Institute]
The Nuri rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 2 at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday. [Korea Aerospace Research Institute]

The rocket roared off Launch Pad 2 at the Naro Space Center, shooting skyward in a burst of red flames and black smoke as its ground-hold clamps released.


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