If everything works out, the Russian Luna 25 mission will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on August 11, Roscosmos said on Monday, Interfax reports. “A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle coupled with a Fregat upper stage and the Lunar 25 automated spacecraft is due to take off at 2:10:57 a.m. MSK on August 11,” Roscosmos said.
“The spacecraft is made entirely of Russian components based on the latest achievements of the space instrument manufacturing industry. Luna 25 has a completely different landing system compared to its predecessors: Soviet lunar spacecraft landed on the equator, while the new spacecraft is supposed to touch down in a polar area with difficult terrain,” Roscosmos said.
