South Korea Test Launches 1st Domestically Made Space Rocket

Live footage showed the 154 foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines following blastoff.

South Korea's first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude but failed to deliver a dummy payload into orbit in its first test launch on Thursday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who observed the launch on-site, still described the test as an "excellent accomplishment" that takes the country a step further in its pursuit of a satellite launch program.

Live footage showed the 154 foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines following blastoff at Naro Space Center, the country's lone spaceport, on a small island off its southern coast.