![RUSSIA SPACE MOON MISSION epa10794200 epa10794191 A handout still image taken from a video made available by the Roscosmos State Space Corporation shows the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna 25 (Moon) automatic station as it takes off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, 11 August 2023. The Soyuz rocket with the first lunar spacecraft in the history of modern Russia was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Luna-25 will be the first station in the world to land in the near-polar zone of the Moon, on difficult terrain. EPA/ROSCOSMOS STATE SPACE CORPORATION/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES EPA-EFE/ROSCOSMOS STATE SPACE CORPORATION HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES](https://www.worldmagazine.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/lancio-luna-russia-ansa_4-3.jpg)
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Con Luna-25, Mosca aveva sperato di portare avanti l’eredità del programma spaziale di era sovietica “Luna”, segnando un ritorno all’esplorazione lunare indipendente di fronte al crescente isolamento dall’Occidente. La sonda Luna-25, del peso di 800 chilogrammi, avrebbe dovuto effettuare un allunaggio sul polo sud lunare, il primo nella storia
Fonte : Sky Tg24