![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]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/10/07/news-p.v1.20261007.7a875e3fd29a43b2be1d956bbc82f08a_P1.png)
"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]](https://wimg.heraldcorp.com/news/cms/2026/10/07/news-p.v1.20261007.11e305a6b7a843e986bc6542030dd4b7_P1.png)
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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