Korean Participation in the Galex Ultraviolet Space Telescope Project

The Center for Space Astrophysics at Yonsei university, Seoul, Korea, is actively participating in the development and operation of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), a NASA ultraviolet space telescope project to be launched in late 2001.As the first off icial case of NASA-Korea cooperation on major space science program, this project will greatly expand the capability of Korean astronomy into space based operations.