Russia to launch its 1st modern moon mission on July 13
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 01:23 | 23 February 2023
- Modified Date: 01:34 | 23 February 2023
Russia plans to launch its first lunar space mission in modern times on July 13, state corporation Roscosmos announced on Thursday.
"The launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft is scheduled for 13.07.2023, taking into account the astronomical 'window' in 2023," Roscosmos said in a statement.
The unmanned mission had originally been planned for 2022 but was postponed due to technical reasons.
Roscosmos hopes to land the Luna-25, the first domestically produced spacecraft of this type in post-Soviet Russia, on the surface of Earth's satellite.
The purpose of the project is to send an robotic probe to conduct research near the Moon's south pole.
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