A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched South Korea’s first deep space mission, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June. 4. Its first lunar spacecraft, Danuri, was launched on schedule from Florida at 7:08 p.m. Eastern time by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission paved the way for future, more ambitious lunar missions. Around 2.5 minutes after launch, the two rocket stages split apart and parted ways. Nine minutes after takeoff, the first stage descended for a precise landing on the SpaceX droneship “Just Read the Instructions.
