From its place in low lunar orbit, South Korea’s first Moon mission caught a singular glimpse of Earth rising from behind the cratered floor of our pure satellite tv for pc.

The Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also called Danuri, beamed again stunning black-and-white photographs of Earth captured by its high-resolution digicam. The two photographs had been taken on December 24 and 28 and released by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute on Monday.

The photographs present a solemn Earth within the distance, whereas the Moon’s dusty floor seems within the foreground. From our perspective on Earth, we frequently see the Moon rising above our planet’s floor. But the photographs taken by Danuri from lunar orbit present a counterintuitive view of our house planet glimmering behind the Moon’s floor.

Danuri captured the first picture when it was 77 miles (124 kilometers) above the lunar floor and the second when it was round 213 miles (344 kilometers) above its floor.

Danuri launched on August 5 on board SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking South Korea’s first deep area mission. On December 17, the spacecraft accomplished its first lunar orbit insertion maneuver and entered into lunar orbit.

The 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) probe is provided with 4 science devices constructed regionally, in addition to a NASA digicam to seize views of the lunar floor. From its low orbit, Danuri will discover the Moon’s shadowed areas, which might maintain water ice.

By launching Danuri, South Korea hopes to advance its lunar exploration, because the orbiter is designed to scope out potential touchdown spots for future missions to the Moon. South Korea additionally desires to launch a lander and a rover, along with one other orbiter, for the second section of the mission.

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