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ShadowCam get First Look at Shackleton Crater on the Moon

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Tom Patton
Jan 12, 2023
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The ShadowCam instrument launched to the moon aboard the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) satellite has gotten its first look at Shackleton Crater near the lunar south pole.

ShadowCam is a younger sibling of the successful Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), Narrow Angle Camera (NAC). ShadowCam add…

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