The Russian craft is now locked in a race with India’s Chandrayaan-3 to become the first to land on the Moon’s south pole.
Russia launched a rocket carrying the Luna-25 spacecraft Friday, marking its first attempt to land an object on the moon’s surface in nearly 50 years, as the country attempts to flex its independent prowess in space exploration after being hit by major international sanctions last year following its invasion of Ukraine.... [+]
with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.The Luna-25 spacecraft was launched onboard a Soyuz 2.1 rocket at Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far east, early on Friday. Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said the spacecraft is expected to land on the moon on August 21, state-run news agency TASSIf the spacecraft is able to stay on schedule, Russia would become the first country to make a successful lunar landing in 2023 and the first ever to do so near the Moon’s south pole.by the Indian Space Research Organisation last month and is on course to make a landing near the south pole on August 23.While the U.S.
that Beijing could claim control of the Moon’s south pole the same way it does with the South China Sea.
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