The changes in the "lunar collision" captured by Danoori... "It's a crater!" [Photo 2]
2:38 p.m.Aug 6, 2026
South Korea's lunar orbiter Danoori (KPLO) successfully captured images before and after the collision of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket upper stage with the lunar surface at 3:34 p.m. on the 5th (Korean time). The image shows the Moon as photographed by NASA (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on October 1, 2015. The same location was photographed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute on August 6, 2026. /Photo=Korea Aerospace Administration
On the 6th, the Korea Aerospace Administration and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute first revealed images of an artificial lunar crater captured by the lunar orbiter "Danoori" (KPLO) the previous day. Earlier, at around 3:34 p.m. on the 5th (Korean time), the upper stage of SpaceX's "Falcon 9" rocket collided near the Einstein crater on the lunar surface.
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