Lunar anniversary
An image of the Hermite-A crater, where a large amount of water ice is expected to exist, taken on July 9 by the Danuri lunar orbiter’s high-resolution camera. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]
Lee Jong-ho, Minister of Science and ICT, speaks during a space exploration symposium commemorating the one-year anniversary of the launch of Danuri, Korea’s first domestically-developed lunar orbiter, held at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute headquarters in Daejeon, Monday. Danuri was launched on Aug. 5, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]
An image of the Humboldt crater located on the southeastern limb of the moon, taken on July 27 by the Danuri lunar orbiter’s high-resolution camera. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]
An image of the Drygalski crater located near the southern limb of the moon, taken on July 10 by the Danuri lunar orbiter’s high-resolution camera. [MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND ICT]
BY SHIN HA-NEE [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]