South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter (operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute) captures images showing that a SpaceX rocket’s uncontrolled impact on the Moon created a visible crater. Multiple outlets report that Danuri takes “before-and-after” views of the same region, allowing investigators to compare conditions prior to the crash with the scene after the rocket slammed into the lunar surface. The coverage says the impact occurred on Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, and that the orbiter later detected the resulting crater. The images provide observational confirmation of the strike’s effects on the Moon’s surface, including the location of the disturbed area and its apparent dimensions as seen from orbit. While the reports focus on the imagery, they do not change the basic account that the rocket was out of control at the time of impact. Instead, they add new detail by documenting the crater that the collision left behind, as captured by the Korean spacecraft’s cameras.
South Korea’s Danuri orbiter images show impact crater from SpaceX lunar rocket
South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter (operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute) captures images showing that a SpaceX rocket’s uncontrolled impact on the Moon created a visible crater. Multipl...
- South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter images reveal a crater at the location of a SpaceX rocket impact on the Moon.
- The impact is reported to have occurred on Wednesday morning, Aug. 5.
- Danuri provides before-and-after photographs used to identify changes on the lunar surface.
- The Korean orbiter’s observations confirm that the collision left a visible impact feature.
- The reports attribute the crater identification to images captured by the Korean space agency’s lunar mission.
An out-of-control SpaceX rocket that crashed into the moon earlier this week did, in fact, leave an impact crater, according to images from a Korean AeroSpace Administration lunar orbiter that caught before-and-after photographs
2 hours agoSouth Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter has spied the crater that a SpaceX rocket blasted out when it slammed into the moon on Wednesday morning (Aug. 5).
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