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Russia Launches Automatic Lunar Station Luna-25 From Spaceport Vostochny

© Sputnik / RKK Energiya press service / Go to the mediabankSoyuz rocket carrying Luna-25 lunar research station erected at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.
Soyuz rocket carrying Luna-25 lunar research station erected at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. - Sputnik India, 1920, 11.08.2023
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The launch of Luna-25 became the first Russian satellite sent to the Moon in almost 50 years.
All eyes were on Vostochny in Russia's Far East tonight, where the Luna-25 automatic lunar lander was launched by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos.
Unlike its Soviet predecessors which landed at the Moon’s equator, Luna-25 is supposed to make a soft landing at the South Pole, in an area with more challenging terrain. Then, the mission will examine the lunar soil for the presence of ice.
Watch the broadcast of the historic launch on Sputnik India!
Luna-25 - Sputnik India, 1920, 11.08.2023
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