At the Vostochny Cosmodrome, work continues to prepare for the launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft (SC), which was designed and manufactured at the Lavochkin Association (part of Roscosmos State Corporation).
"Luna-25" mission 2023
On August 11, 2023, the first in modern Russian history automatic spacecraft “Luna-25” was launched to the Earth’s natural satellite from the Vostochny Cosmodrome by carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1b” with upper stage “Fregat”. The Luna-25 spacecraft, created at the Lavochkin Association* during its flight along the circular orbit of the Moon’s artificial satellite, carried out several activations of scientific equipment created at SRI RAS. Analyzing these data, the specialists of SRI RAS obtained important scientific results.
BACKGROUND “LUNA-25” PROJECT AND MAIN OBJECTIVE
Why are we going there ?
– One of the reasons for the current “hype” around the Moon is the possible extraction of lunar resources, first of all, rare earth metals associated with metallic meteorites that collided with the Moon during its evolution. And secondly, water ice reserves at the poles.
Launch “Luna-25” 2023
At the Vostochny Cosmodrome, work continues to prepare for the launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft (SC), which was designed and manufactured at the Lavochkin Association (part of Roscosmos State Corporation).