Russia returns to spaceRussia’s Luna-25 lifted off from Russia's far eastern Amur Region on August 10, using a Soyuz 2.1b rocket
Unique mission to the MoonRussia’s first trip to the moon in decades, Roscosmos plans for the mission to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslawsky crater.
Pictures that speak a thousand words
On its way to the moon, the Luna-25 spacecraft took some breathtaking pictures of the Earth, as well as the Moon
A distant view of the EarthThis here, is a photograph of the lunar module sent. Here we see the Moon as seen from the Luna-25 spacecraft on August 13, 2023.
In OrbitThe Luna-25 module reached its orbit around the moon in about 5 days. From there, it sent this Image by the STS-L equipment of the Zeeman crater on the far side of the Moon.
Race against Chandrayaan-3Luna-25 is a in a race against time against ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3, which is also bound for the lunar south pole.
Different, but similar missionsWhile the Chandrayaan-3 has a mission of 14 days, Russia’s Luna-25 will have a mission of about 1 year