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Start of mission; Launch date: 23:10:57.189, 10 August 2023 ... was originally to fly with Luna 25, but delays to the launch date caused Sweden to cancel this plan.
Russia launched Luna 25, its first lunar lander in 47 years, to explore resources at the moon’s south pole. ... Luna 25 and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, which launched in mid-July, are both ...
Due to the 1998 Russian financial crisis however, the programme's first mission, the Luna 25 lander, was put on hold, only to be revived a few years later. Initially scheduled for launch in 2012 [2] by a Soyuz-2 rocket, [3] the first mission has been delayed many times, first to 2014, then to 2015 [4] [5] and 2016 [6] [7] and 2018 [8] and 2019. [9]
Mission Spacecraft Launch date Carrier rocket Operator Mission type; Blue Ghost M1: Blue Ghost Lander: January 2025 [117] [118] Falcon 9 B5: Firefly Aerospace: Lander: Lunar lander, carrying NASA-sponsored experiments and commercial payloads to Mare Crisium. [119] [120] Hakuto-R Mission 2: Hakuto-R: January 2025 [121] Falcon 9 B5: ispace ...
The Luna-25 entered the moon's orbit at 11:57 a.m. (0857 GMT), Russia's space corporate Roskosmos said. Luna-25 will circle the moon, the earth's only natural satellite, for around 5 days, then ...
Russia's failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-metre wide crater on the moon when it crashed last month after a problem preparing for a soft landing on the south pole, according to images released by NASA.
The estimated cost of the Luna programme in 1964 was US$6–10 billion [3] (equivalent to US$45–75 billion in 2023 [4]). The Luna 25 mission also continues the Luna designation, although it is considered to be a part of the Luna-Glob exploration programme. [5] The same applies to other planned missions such as Luna 26, Luna 27 and Luna 28.
The Luna-25 was in a race with an Indian spacecraft launched on July 14 to be the first to reach the south pole. Both were expected to reach the moon between Aug. 21 and 23. Both were expected to ...