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South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter logged eight imaging passes before and after SpaceX's Falcon 9 upper stage struck the Moon on Aug. 5, 2026, revealing a crater up to about 27 meters wide with surrounding ejecta. The data will be combined with NASA's LRO observations and may be complemented by ground-based video captured by Spain's Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has maneuvered its Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter twice to avoid potential collisions with Korea's Danuri spacecraft and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. These maneuvers, conducted on September 19 and October 1, were necessary due to the spacecrafts' polar orbits around the Moon. The lack of formal protocols for such situations requires collaboration between space agencies like ISRO, NASA, and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). Collision avoidance maneuvers consume fuel and can disrupt missions, leading to potential disagreements over responsibility.