Summary
- On August 27th,
Danuri took photos of Chandrayaa-3's landing site with a high-resolution
camera.
- Minister Lee
Jong Ho conveyed his congratulations for India's lunar south pole landing
through a letter.
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong Ho, hereinafter
referred to as "MSIT") and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute
(President Lee Sang Ryul, hereinafter referred to as "KARI")
announced that Danuri succeeded in capturing images of the landing site of Chandrayaan-3
on August 27th.
The photo was taken by Danuri with one of its payloads, a high-resolution
camera, on August 27th at approximately 7:55 AM from the lunar
mission orbit (about 100km above the lunar surface), to commemorate humanity's
first-ever lunar south pole landing by India's lunar lander Chandrayaan-3 on
August 23rd.