Danuri, a portmanteau of the Korean words for 'moon' and 'enjoy', was launched on a SpaceX rocket from the US in August 2022 and entered lunar orbit last month.

The awe-inspiring image making rounds on social media was made from 250,000 images – 200,000 black and white photos by McCarthy and 50,000 color photos by Matherne – taken over the course of ...

Many Moon photos are actually color images! Unfortunately, unlike the planets, the Moon’s surface has no brightly colored areas. Most of its color is a mix of dark browns, grays, or black.

These detailed black and white images were snapped by the Orion spacecraft's onboard optical navigation camera on day 6 of the mission, the same day it performed a crucial engine burn.. Orion is ...