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South Korea’s Danuri Orbiter Captures First Images of SpaceX Rocket’s Lunar Crater

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South Korea’s Danuri Orbiter Captures First Images of SpaceX Rocket’s Lunar Crater
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South Korea's Danuri orbiter has captured images of a crater created by a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage that impacted the Moon. The data provides researchers with a controlled example of how lunar impacts affect the Moon's surface and exosphere.

South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft has captured the first before-and-after images of the crater left by a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on the Moon. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute released the images on August 6, showing a darkened patch of terrain and material scattered around the impact site. [1]

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