The Luna-25 probe will orbit the Moon at an altitude of 100km before landing as planned on August 21 north of Boguslawsky crater at the Moon's south pole.
The Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Luna-25 lunar probe was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on August 11. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
The Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that Russia's Luna-25 lander was successfully launched into lunar orbit on August 16.
The probe is expected to orbit the Moon at an altitude of 100km before landing as planned on August 21 north of Boguslawsky crater at the Moon's south pole.
According to a Roscosmos spokesman, all systems of the Luna-25 lunar probe are functioning normally and communication with the spacecraft is stable. The cameras installed on the spacecraft have captured images of the Earth and the Moon from a distance in space.
Russia launched the Luna-25 lunar probe into space early on August 11 local time. The launch was carried out from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East. This move marks the restart of Russia's lunar exploration program after nearly 50 years.
Luna-25's mission is to test soft-landing technologies on the Moon's polar regions and conduct studies of the Moon's internal structure and explore resources, including water. Luna-25's scientific mission is expected to last one year.
The previous Russian probe, Luna-24, was launched into space in 1976. This event made history in the world of space exploration when samples taken from the Moon at that time proved the presence of water on Earth's only natural satellite.
After Luna-25, Russia plans to launch Luna-26 and Luna-27 in 2024 and 2025 respectively./.
According to VNA
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