a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Aug. 4, carrying South Korea’s first robotic lunar orbiter.

South Korea’s first lunar orbiter has begun its voyage toward the moon on a mission critical to the country’s future space projects.

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