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Danuri captures before-and-after images of Falcon 9 debris impact

Korea’s lunar orbiter photographed a spent Falcon 9 stage before and after it struck the moon, offering scientists an unusually close record of surface changes.

2026.8.6

Far out

A picture of Earth taken on Sept. 15 by Danuri, Korea's first domestically-developed lunar orbiter, was released by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and the Ministry of Science and ICT on Tuesday.

2023.9.26

Touchdown

An image shows the southern polar region of the moon where the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made its historic first touchdown.

2023.9.12

An image of the Hermite-A crater, where a large amount of water ice is expected to exist, taken on July 9 by the Danuri lunar orbiter's high-resolution camera. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]

Lunar anniversary

Danuri lunar orbiter was launched on Aug. 5, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

2023.8.7

Top: An image of Tsiolkovskiy Crater on the far side of the moon, taken on March 22 by the Danuri lunar orbiter's high-resolution camera. Above: An image of Vallis Schrodinger, a 320 kilometer (199-mile) long and 8 to 10 kilometer wide valley near the south lunar pole, taken by Danuri on March 24 [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]

Lunar orbiter sends images of dark side of the moon

Danuri, Korea’s first lunar orbiter, sent pictures of the dark side of the moon taken on its mission orbit, the Science Ministry said Wednesday.

2023.4.12

Checking in from space

Earth phases observed by Danuri, Korea's first lunar orbiter, from Jan. 6 to Feb. 4 on the mission to orbit the moon. Danuri achieved the target orbit on Dec. 27, 145 days after launch.

2023.2.13

[Column] Shooting for the moon

Missile sovereignty should be advanced quietly after considering international and geopolitical conditions.

2023.1.10

An image of Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, or Danuri [KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE]

[THINK ENGLISH] 한국 최초의 달 궤도선 다누리, 예정보다 빨리 무사히 궤도 진입 성공

Danuri, Korea's first lunar orbiter, successfully entered its target orbit around the moon after a 145-day journey through space. “Korea’s science has gone beyond the Earth to reach the moon,” said Vice Minister Oh Tae-Seog of Science and ICT...

2023.1.4

View of Earth taken from Danuri, Korea’s first lunar orbiter, on Dec. 28 after successfully entering the targeted orbit around the moon last month. According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, the orbiter took the picture from 124 kilometers above the moon. KARI became the seventh space agency to put a satellite into orbit around the moon, following those of Russia, the United States, Japan, the European Union, China and India. [KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE]

Hello, Earth!

View of Earth taken from Danuri, Korea’s first lunar orbiter, on Christmas Eve after successfully entering the targeted orbit around the moon last month.

2023.1.3

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle takes off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Aug. 4. [SPACEX]

Danuri enters target orbit around moon, early and in good form

With the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter — the spacecraft's formal name — successfully reaching mission orbit, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) became the seventh space agency to put a satellite into orbit around the moon.

2022.12.28