South Korea aims for lunar probe
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
South Korea will launch its first lunar probe in 2020, joining an intensifying Asian space race after recent missions to the moon by China and Japan, the government said Tuesday.
The plan is part of the government’s Space Development Road Map, which also aims to put a satellite into lunar orbit within a decade, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
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