Tag: Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter
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South Korean orbiter returning spectacular views of lunar landscapes
South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft captured this view of Tsiolkovskiy crater March 22 on the far side of the moon. Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute Nearly halfway through its primary mission, South Korea’s first spacecraft to explore the moon has been collecting data and snapping pictures of lunar landscapes and craters since maneuvering into orbit late…
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Launch of South Korean lunar orbiter delayed to 2022
The moon as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA The launch of South Korea’s first moon orbiter has been delayed from December 2020 until July 2022 after the mission encountered technical issues during development, officials recently announced. The design of the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, or KPLO, has grown beyond its original launch…
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U.S. instrument team to fly camera on South Korean moon mission
Artist’s concept of the ShadowCam instrument peering into Shackleton Crater. Credit: NASA A camera developed by scientists at Arizona State University will join four foreign-built instruments on South Korea’s first lunar orbiter set for launch at the end of 2018, NASA announced Friday. NASA selected the ShadowCam instrument from proposals submitted by U.S. science teams.…