THE KOREA PATHFINDER LUNAR ORBITER: What you should know about Danuri ( Enjoy the moon )

The lunar Orbiter program was started in 1966 by the united states, whose main goal is to discover potential Apollo landing sites and has provided photographs of lunar orbit.

With the launching of DANURI which is in response to this program, it's getting more interesting as South Korea has joined the fierce race by becoming the seventh country to send spacecraft to the moon.

The launch comes after South Korea launched its own fully developed rocket Nuri in June that sent a test satellite into Earth's orbit. The country aims to devote finances in the following years to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to the moon by 2031.

The launching of the Korea Pathfinder lunar orbiter is a joint mission of KARI and NASA and represents a new chapter in the collaboration between the Korean and US space programs.

Jason Howard, who is an Astronomer, has taken the time to look at this important milestone in the history of Korea and its relevance to the human lunar exploration mission.

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