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Danuri, the first lunar probe made with our technology, is ready for launch in the United States.
Two days later, he leaves for space, and reporter Jung Gu-hee reports the future schedule.
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Korea's first lunar probe Danuri has arrived in the United States and has completed all inspections.
It is currently awaiting launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
This is where Apollo 11, which sent the first human to the moon in 1969, was launched.
Launch time is 8:08 AM our time the day after 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.
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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 over 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 probe called the Shadow Cam made by NASA, which will help the US 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 really put all my capabilities into the development of the lunar probe.]
The Falcon 9 rocket loaded with Danuri will be set up for space tomorrow at the launch site. .
(Video coverage: joint coverage, video editing: Eunjin Choi)