Russia wants to go to the moon. The President of the Russian Federation announced the resumption of the lunar program

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On April 12, Vladimir Putin, together with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, visited the Russian Vostochny Cosmodrome. The construction of another launch pad for the launch of the Angara launch vehicle continues here. During a conversation with reporters, the head of the aggressor country, which unleashed a war against Ukraine, announced the resumption of the Russian lunar program, writes Businessman.

The Luna-25 interplanetary automatic station, which consists of an orbiter and a lander, will go to the Moon from the Vostochny cosmodrome. But when this will happen is still unknown.

It was planned to send this device into space, which was developed at the NPO named after Lavochkin, back in October 2021, but the launch was postponed because malfunctions were found. Then the launch was postponed to May 2022.

According to the plan of Roskosmos, a lander will first go to the Moon, and only a year later, an orbital one.

“We need to successfully meet the challenges of space exploration in order to strengthen our security and technological sovereignty,” Putin said.

The Luna-25 spacecraft is the successor, including by name, of the Soviet Luna-24 apparatus, which explored the Earth’s satellite in 1976 and delivered samples of lunar soil to the planet.

According to the plan, the lander will study the surface of the moon in the region of the south pole, as well as look for signs of the presence of water under its surface.

Focus already wrote about What is Vostochny Cosmodrome?, which is located in the Amur region in eastern Russia, where the presidents of the two allied countries arrived on April 12. In particular, the construction of the cosmodrome is associated with high-profile corruption scandals and theft of funds allocated for construction.

We remind you that Putin is counting on Russia’s further cooperation with other countries, including as part of space exploration.

We remind you that the American company Venturi Astrolab presented a complete working lunar vehiclewhich can also be used to move around Mars.

Also Focus wrote about pre-flight tests of the latest Space Launch System rocket, which NASA is preparing to launch to the moon. At the very beginning of the tests, an unpleasant incident happened with the rocket – she was hit by several lightning bolts.

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