South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last year. In mid-December, the orbiter reached its destination and ...

Artist’s concept of South Korea’s first robotic lunar orbiter in space. The spacecraft, launched Aug. 5 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is currently looping back toward the moon from the L1 Lagrange ...

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unmanned lunar orbiter Danuri has completed a comprehensive map of the moon's surface in another milestone in the country's space exploration project, the space ...

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The moon is so hot this year, with current or future lunar missions planned from the U.S., Russia, UAE and Japan, and India. And there’s also South Korea, which launched its first lunar mission in ...

As the record-long Chuseok holiday comes to an end, South Koreans are already checking their calendars for the next extended ...

South Korea has accomplished a new deep lunar mission thanks to the successful launch of the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO). Korea's Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) created this rover as ...