The landing area of the Chandrayaan-3 (India) spacecraft, photographed by the Korean ship Daenuri – Photo: Korean Ministry of Science and ICT/Yonhap
On September 12, South Korea’s Ministry of Science, Information Technology and Communications said the country’s unmanned lunar probe Danuri had taken photos of the moon’s southern polar region, where the spacecraft is located. India’s Chandrayaan-3 made a historic landing on August 23.
Citing sources at the ministry and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Yonhap news agency said Denuri is orbiting the moon at a distance of 100 km. This ship took pictures of Chandrayaan-3’s landing site Shiv Shakti Point at 7:55 am on August 27.
Daenuri is Korea’s first lunar probe which entered the lunar orbit on December 27 last year after a 145-day journey from Earth.
After about a month of testing, Denuri started operations on February 4 this year.
The spacecraft carries 6 instruments that are tasked with measuring the terrain, determining magnetic field strength, gamma rays and many other characteristics of the moon’s surface by the end of this year.
Daenuri will also identify potential landing sites for future Korean lunar missions.
Images of Earth (left) and the Moon taken by the Denuri unmanned spacecraft and published on January 3, 2023 – File photo: Yonhap
Meanwhile, Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is the third lunar exploration mission within the framework of India’s space programme. The spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon on August 23, about 600 km from the south pole.
This historic event helped India become the first country to land a spacecraft closest to the Moon’s south pole.
The lunar south pole is the southernmost point on the Moon, and is believed to contain water ice, which can be used to extract fuel, oxygen, and drinking water – essential for other missions to the Moon. Future.
However, the rugged terrain makes landing on the Moon’s south pole difficult and no country has been able to do so in recent times.
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