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![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. Danuri orbits the moon at an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the lunar surface. [KARI]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11409597.jpg?imageId=11409597&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![An image shows the southern polar region of the moon where the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft made its historic first touchdown. The photo was taken by a high-resolution camera on Korea’s lunar orbiter Danuri from 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the lunar surface on Aug. 27. India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover made a historic landing in the southern polar region of the moon named Shiv Shakti Point on Aug. 23, becoming the fourth country to successfully land on the moon. An arrow points to the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10443315.jpg?imageId=10443315&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![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]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10241349.jpg?imageId=10241349&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![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]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11871915.jpg?imageId=11871915&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![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. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10978197.jpg?imageId=10978197&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle takes off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Aug. 4. [SPACEX]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11735793.jpg?imageId=11735793&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle takes off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Aug. 4. [KARI]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11851830.jpg?imageId=11851830&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Researchers at Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) carry out Danuri's first lunar orbit insertion maneuver on Saturday at a ground control center at KARI headquarters in Daejeon. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11655414.jpg?imageId=11655414&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A photo of the Earth and moon taken by Danuri, Korea’s first lunar orbiter, on Nov. 28. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11561962.jpg?imageId=11561962&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)