South Korea’s Lunar Orbiter Sends Back Photos from the Far Side of the Moon

Here is an update on South Korea’s first lunar orbiter:

This photo of the Tsiolkovskiy crater, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), was taken March 22, 2023, with a camera onboard the South Korean lunar orbiter Danuri. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
This photo of the Tsiolkovskiy crater, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), was taken March 22, 2023, with a camera onboard the South Korean lunar orbiter Danuri. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent photos of the moon’s far side during its mission to collect selenographic data, the science ministry said Wednesday.

Danuri, which is rotating around the moon 100 kilometers above the surface, took pictures of the Tsiolkovskiy crater on March 22 and the Vallis Schrodinger and Szilard M craters each on March 24 with its high-definition cameras, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).

They are the first photos of the moon’s far side that South Korea has taken.

On top of that, Danuri has sent separate photos taken with its wide-angle polarimetric camera, PolCam for short, designed to study the moon’s surface composition and its volcanic deposits through measuring the degree of polarization.

The science ministry said people can check the real-time location of Danuri on the lunar orbit, along with its photos and collected data, on the orbiter’s website (http://www.kari.re.kr/kplo).

Yonhap

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