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Russia Launches First Mission to the Moon in Nearly 50 Years
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0:45Now PlayingRussia launched its first lunar lander in nearly 50 years on Friday in a journey to the moon’s south pole, joining a race with NASA and other space agencies to the region.
The Soyuz rocket carrying the Luna-25 craft lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far east at 2:11 a.m. Moscow time, according to a live broadcast of the event.
The rocket reached orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff. It could then take several days to reach the moon. It would then enter lunar orbit and eventually land near the moon’s south pole.
Getting Luna-25 safely to the moon would provide a much-needed boost for Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, which has struggled in recent years from low funding, controversial leadership and poor execution, without seeing much advancement beyond sending people and satellites to low-Earth orbit.
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