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South Korea Joins the Space Race

Lunar Orbiter, Danuri, Propels Korea’s First Deep Space Mission (Cape Canaveral, FL) South Korea’s first deep space exploration mission launched on Aug. 4 with Danuri, a lunar orbiter, riding atop SpaceX’s rocket, Falcon 9.  When Danuri begins its lunar orbit, South Korea will join an elite group of only seven political entities that have successfully…