South Korea has just presented a new long -term detailed plan for space research. By 2045, the nation intends to open its own lunar base, with instruments developed at the national level.
After the United States and China next decade, South Korea aims to build its own lunar base within 20 years. The nation would join India, which is also projecting with a station on the moon by 2047. Unlike other countries, South Korea has decided to replace its space agency with a news, presented last year, ending the Kari (the Korean Aerospace Research Institute) launched in the 80s.
After the Kari, make way for Kasa for the Korean space program
Called Kasa, the Korea Aerospace Administration was unveiled last year in June, with a public investment particularly concentrated on the Moon and Mars. In 2045, when the country wants to open its lunar base, the Kasa also aims to lay a first rover on Mars. South Korea is not a novice, that said, which already has a satellite in lunar orbit (sent by a SpaceX rocket). Its first satellite sent to orbit dates back to 1992, sent through the European launcher Ariane 4.
The rise of the country all the same illustrates the general Asian trend: during the year 2024, China, Japan and India all have landed devices on lunar soil. In 2025, Japan also experienced a new approach to the moon. His company ISPACE tried with its Hakuto-R module to extend the duration of the transfer between the land orbit and the lunar orbit, to save fuel.
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The South Korea roadmap is now clearer with five main detailed missions during an audience at the National Korea Research Foundation in Daejeon. The other missions include exploration in low and microgravity orbit, solar and spatial scientific missions. For the moon, the country has its own landing and travel technology. A robotic landing was initially planned for 2032, it now takes the form of a more advanced system but its arrival is pushed back to 2040.
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