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Russia's Luna-25 Mission Enters Orbit of Earth's Satellite

© Sputnik / Valery Melnikov / Go to the mediabankEngineers from the NPO Lavochkin Research and Production Association pose near the Luna-25 lunar lander and scientific station.
Engineers from the NPO Lavochkin Research and Production Association pose near the Luna-25 lunar lander and scientific station. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.08.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Luna-25 automatic landing module has entered the orbit of Earth's natural satellite for the first time of the country's post-Soviet space history, all systems are working normally, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said on Wednesday.
"The automatic station Luna-25, created at the Lavochkin Science and Production Association (part of state corporation Roscosmos), entered the orbit of an artificial satellite of the Moon," the corporation said in a statement, adding that all its systems "are functioning normally and communication with it is stable."
On August 11, the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket lifted off from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome and launched into orbit Luna-25, the first Russian lunar mission in almost 50 years and the first one in Russia's independent space history. Its predecessor, Luna-24, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976.
Soyuz rocket carrying Luna-25 lunar research station erected at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.08.2023
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The new mission is part of the Russian lunar program for the exploration and practical use of the Moon and its orbit to establish a fully automated lunar base. Luna-25 is expected to become the first station to make a soft landing in the lunar South Pole with difficult terrain on August 21.
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