Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and instructor at Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, Oleg Blinov attend a news conference before a broadcast event of the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage carrying the Luna-25 moon lander developed by S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, at the Space Pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia. Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years, Luna-25 is part of the Russian lunar program for the exploration and practical use of the Moon and its orbit to establish a fully automated lunar base.
- Package: Russia Space Moon Lander
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 11.08.2023
- Date published: 11.08.2023
- Author: Maksim Blinov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 8256x5504px, 18.4Mb
- Job-ID: 77c3f88caab2a567