SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – 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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent its first-ever photos of the surface of the moon after starting orbiting Earth’s natural satellite a month ago, the state space research center said Monday. Danuri, which entered the selenocentric orbit on Dec. 27 after 145 days of traveling from Earth, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent back photos of Earth and the moon after reaching the moon’s orbit last month, the state space research center said Tuesday. The orbiter performed three rounds of lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuvers from Dec. 17 to lower its speed and commit [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully entered the orbit of the moon earlier than planned, the science ministry said Wednesday. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was captured by the moon’s gravity on Tuesday and began rotation, according to the Ministry of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully performed its first lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuver, the initial step to enter the orbit of the moon, the state space research center said Monday. The unmanned space vehicle, which carried out the LOI maneuver at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, carried [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first lunar orbiter Danuri started entering the orbit of the moon Saturday, 135 days after its launch, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said. The unmanned space vehicle carried out its first lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuver at 2:45 a.m., KARI said, as part of five rounds [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent texts and images from space to Earth, successfully completing its long distance data transmission tests, the science ministry said Monday. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, underwent data transmission tests on Aug. 25 and Oct. 28 from 1.21 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully undergone a trajectory correction maneuver (TCM), a critical procedure in the lunar orbiter’s travel to the moon for the country’s first lunar mission. Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, was launched last month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 [...]
CAPE CANAVERAL/SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first lunar orbiter has entered its planned trajectory toward the moon, the science ministry said Friday, in a historic first step toward space exploration. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter — better known as Danuri in a Korean portmanteau for moon and enjoy — was traveling on [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior official of the U.S. space agency has said he was “very impressed” by South Korea’s technical astuteness, as aerospace engineers of the two countries were working together to launch South Korea’s first lunar orbiter mission next month. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) — also known as [...]