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Russia Launches Its First Mission to Moon in 47 Years

Russia successfully launched its first moon-landing spacecraft, marking its first moon mission since 1976 during the Soviet era. Both India and Russia aim to be the first to land at the moon’s south pole.
Russia Launches Its First Mission to Moon in 47 Years
The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 automatic station takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russia's Far East, on Aug. 11, 2023, local time. Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP
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Russia has successfully launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years in a race to find water on the moon.

A Soyuz 2.1v rocket carrying the Luna-25 craft launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East, some 3,450 miles (5,550 kilometers) east of Moscow, on Friday at 2:11 a.m. Moscow time. A video feed from Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, showed the Luna-25 craft having launched successfully.
Mimi Nguyen Ly
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