In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees pack the Luna-25 moon lander for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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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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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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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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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In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees pack the Luna-25 moon lander for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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.

05.07.2023#8476503

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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In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, a truck carrying a container with the Luna-25 moon lander developed by S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association arrives at 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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In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, a truck transports a container with the Luna-25 moon lander to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, from S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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.

07.07.2023#8476499

In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees pack the Luna-25 moon lander for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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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In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees pack the Luna-25 moon lander for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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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In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees load a container with the Luna-25 moon lander on a truck for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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.

07.07.2023#8476494

In this handout photo released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, employees pack the Luna-25 moon lander for transportation to the Vostochny cosmodrome ahead of its launch on August 11, at S.A. Lavochkin Research and Production Association, in Khimki, outside Moscow, 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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