The visual of the Earth appearing to rise behind the Crescent Moon amazed us all when NASA's Artemis-1 mission released these images. NASA is not the only one who has images like this, South Korea's Danuri space mission (South Korea) also has one.
No less amazing than the Artemis-1 mission, the images released from South Korea's Danuri mission show Earth from the surface of the Moon. The images are part of authenticated shots of the Moon's sky taken using a high-resolution camera (LUTI) aboard the spacecraft.
Quoted from Science Alert, the image reveals a large crater on the surface of the Moon when the Danuri probe descends. The two images were taken on Christmas Eve and December 28, 2022 from an altitude of 344 km and 124 kilometers above the Moon.
The Danuri mission, which means enjoying the Moon in Korean, is being escorted by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). The Danuri spacecraft will make observations flying at an altitude of 100 km above the surface of the Moon. This is South Korea's first moon mission that has recently developed a space rocket launch capability.
The mission features a solar-powered box-shaped satellite designed to glide just 100 kilometers above the Moon's surface, where it will collect geological and other data for at least one year from this low polar orbit.
Built at a cost of nearly USD 180 million, the Danuri spacecraft carries six science instruments, including a camera for NASA. The Danuri is designed to peer into the Moon's permanent shadow region and ice-filled craters at the Moon's poles.
Danuri was launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket in early August 2022 and used the gravity of the Sun and Earth to travel to the Moon. The 678-kilogram spacecraft is expected to have a one-year lifetime around the Moon and will orbit in a circular orbit at an altitude of 100 km and an inclination of 90 degrees.
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