S. Korea’s Danuri captures rare images of SpaceX rocket crashing into moon
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10833503
- Published
- 2026-08-06 21:11:40
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-06 12:15:41
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, Danuri, captured rare before-and-after images of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage striking the moon this week, giving scientists one of their clearest opportunities yet to study how a human-made object alters the lunar surface. The Korea Aerospace Administration said Thursday that the rocket’s upper stage impacted the moon’s far side near Einstein Crater at 3:34 p.m. Wednesday (Korea time). Unlike most previous lunar impacts, which have typically been studied onl
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