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The first lunar probe made with our technology, the Danuri, is ready for launch.
We are leaving for space tomorrow (the 5th), and reporter Jung Gu-hee will tell you about the future schedule.
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Danuri arrived in the United States early last month and completed all inspections.
Behind me is Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
It is also the place where Apollo 11, which sent the first human to the moon in 1969, was launched. Tomorrow, Korea's first lunar probe Danuri will fly towards space.
Launch time is 8:08 am our time tomorrow.
It flies into space on a Falcon 9 rocket built by the American private company Space X.
There was a problem with the rocket and the schedule was delayed by two days, but now preparations for launch are going smoothly.
This is the first time that Korea is going to space exploration.
Danuri rides the Falcon 9 to an altitude of 1,650 km, but then has to fly herself to the moon 380,000 km away.
It takes more than four months to get to the moon and arrives in mid-December this year.
Securing such space flight technology is one of the meanings of this launch.
After arriving on the moon, the mission is to explore the lunar resources and terrain.
It is also equipped with a space probe called the Shadow Cam made by NASA, which will help the United States plan to land on the moon by searching for permanent shadow areas on the moon.
[Jaeik Park/Danuri, Mission Operation Team Leader, Aerospace Research Institute: I dare say that I will succeed because I put all my strength into the development of the lunar probe.]
The Falcon 9 rocket loaded with Danuri will be set up towards space today at the launch site. .