In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees unload a container with the Luna-25 moon lander developed by S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association and delivered to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, in Amur Region, Russia. Luna-25 is going to be the first mission on the Moon, launched by Roscosmos, after the 1970s Soviet Luna programme. The main task of the mission is to test the basic technologies of soft landing in the near-polar region and to explore the south pole of the Moon. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
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- Package: Russia Space Moon Lander
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Amur region, Russia
- Event date: 11.07.2021
- Date published: 11.07.2023
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / RSC "Energia»
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5277x3518px, 1.3Mb
- Job-ID: b6e45bae2c85fd2f