#KPLO

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

#KPLO #Danuri woke up safely on Monday morning (Korea time) after hibernating through the lunar eclipse!

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

…and #KPLO #Danuri is safely in hibernation mode. Good night!

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

Will be leaving the operation center soon, once we confirm #KPLO #Danuri hibernation start - in 5 mins

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

We upload commands before this happens to automatically wake up #KPLO #Danuri after the eclipse!

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

When the Moon is in eclipse, #KPLO #Danuri cannot generate power from the Sun so we put it into hibernation.

Dr. Dawoon Jung

@dirkpitt2050.bsky.social

6 months ago

I’m currently at the operations center for #KPLO #Danuri, to monitor the spacecraft as it enters hibernation to survive the eclipse!

Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

9 months ago

Stunningly detailed ShadowCam image of Shackleton Crater's shadowed rim and floor at the lunar south pole. A single boulder's track is marked by an arrow, revealing recent surface activity. This image, captured by NASA's ShadowCam aboard the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), showcases the crater's permanently shadowed region, a potential reservoir of water ice. The scale bar indicates 100 meters.

Astronomy Picture from 05/05/2023

Shackleton from ShadowCam

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230505.html


#ShadowCam #KPLO #Moon #LunarSouthPole #ShackletonCrater #SpaceExploration #NASA #WaterIce #PermanentlyShadowedRegions #LunarSurface #Boulders #Cosmology #Astrophotography #Science

Emily Lakdawalla, Uranus Expert

@elakdawalla.bsky.social

3 years ago

Anybody have any good suggestions for Korean accounts to follow for #KPLO news? I know all the usual suspects will be tweeting about launch (currently planned for Aug 4), I’m looking for folks in Korean space media & science.