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Russia To Launch Lunar Mission This Week, First In Nearly 5 Decades

Last updated: 2023/08/07 at 3:40 PM
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The four-legged lander is anticipated to the touch down within the area of the lunar south pole. (File)

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Russia mentioned Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after a number of delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the primary time in practically 50 years.

The launch, which is scheduled for the early hours of Friday, comes as Russia’s Ukraine offensive stretches right into a second yr, sparking large tensions with the West.

With the Luna-25 lander, Russia’s first since 1976, Moscow is eager to restart and construct upon a pioneering Soviet-era lunar program.

The Russian area company mentioned {that a} Soyuz rocket had been assembled on the Vostochny cosmodrome within the Russian Far East for the launch of the Luna-25.

“The launch is on August 11,” Roscosmos mentioned in a press release.

“The Luna-25 must practise smooth touchdown, take and analyse soil samples and conduct long-term scientific analysis,” the assertion added.

The four-legged lander, which weighs round 800 kilograms, is anticipated to the touch down within the area of the lunar south pole. Against this, most Moon landings happen close to the lunar equator.

The launch is the primary mission of Moscow’s new lunar program and comes as Russia seems to be to strengthen cooperation in area with China amid ruptured ties with the West.

After President Vladimir Putin despatched troops to Ukraine final yr, the European Area Company (ESA) mentioned it could not cooperate with Moscow on the upcoming Luna-25 launch in addition to future 26 and 27 missions.

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Regardless of the pullout, Moscow mentioned on the time it could go forward with its lunar plans and exchange ESA gear with Russian-made scientific devices.

Talking on the Vostochny cosmodrome final yr, Putin mentioned the Soviet Union put the primary man into area in 1961 regardless of “whole” sanctions. He insisted Moscow would develop its lunar programme regardless of present Western sanctions.

“We’re guided by the ambition of our ancestors to maneuver ahead, regardless of any difficulties and any makes an attempt to stop us on this motion from the surface,” Putin mentioned on the time.

(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)

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