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South Korea
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Singapore
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Malaysia
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Detailed explanation-1: -South Korea launched Danuri (also known as the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter or KPLO) to the Moon on Aug. 5, 2022. Danuri will study the Moon’s surface and help us plan future missions to the lunar poles.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), officially named Danuri, is the Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s (KARI) first exploratory space mission outside of Earth’s orbit. Danuri launched on Aug. 4, 2022, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida at 7:08 p.m. EDT (2308 GMT).
Detailed explanation-3: -This includes both crewed and robotic missions. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union’s Luna 2, on 13 September 1959. Clickable map of the locations of all successful soft landings on the near side of the Moon to date (top).
Detailed explanation-4: -Danuri, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in early August last year and arrived in lunar orbit four months later, in mid-December.