Russia’s return to the Moon with Luna-25

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Russia’s return to the Moon with Luna-25

Russia is set to reactivate the country’s robotic investigation of the Moon, picking up from its former Soviet Union days of heady and milestone-making lunar exploration. Luna-25, an upcoming Russian lunar lander mission, is reportedly targeted for an August 11 sendoff, departing from the Vostochny cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.