The vehicle is expected to reach the lunar surface on August 23, almost the same day as an Indian rover launched on July 14.
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Posted on: August 11, 2023: 03:48 AM GST Last updated: August 11, 2023: 03:59 AM GST
Today, Friday, Russia launched the “Luna-25” spacecraft to the south pole of the moon, in an unprecedented historical event, as the south pole of the moon is a region that has never seen a smooth landing of a spacecraft.
The vehicle is expected to reach the lunar surface on August 23, almost the same day as an Indian rover launched on July 14.
The launch of Luna-25 will be Russia’s first since 1976, when it was part of the Soviet Union.
The trip takes 10 to 12 days and the duration of the mission is one year.
The “Soyuz-2.1b” rocket was successfully launched to the south pole of the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years, carrying the “Luna-25” vehicle from the Vostochny space station.
The main objective of the “Luna-25” mission is to implement a soft landing of this vehicle on the surface of the moon in its south pole region, and to explore whether that region contains water or ice particles,
The Russian “Ross Cosmos” Foundation said that the vehicle was equipped with several Russian-made devices dedicated to studying the moon and its surface, and with a robotic arm that can make a small hole in the lunar soil and collect samples from it. .
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2023-08-10 23:48:00
