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6.10.2021

The automatic station will become Russia’s first domestic device on a natural satellite of the Earth

The Luna-25 automatic station will be launched in July, while the Russian-European ExoMars mission - in September 2022, Head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin told the Channel One Russia.

"Next year, in July, we are planning a mission to the Moon (Luna-25). <...> And a nine-month mission to Mars (ExoMars) is scheduled on September," Rogozin said.

Earlier, the Roscosmos’ press service reported that the launch of Luna-25 was postponed from October 2021 to May 2022. Rogozin noted that the launch window opened in May and ended in October.

The automatic station will become Russia’s first domestic device on a natural satellite of the Earth. The Luna-26 mission is to be launched in 2024, Luna-27 - in 2025, and Luna-28 - in 2027-2028.

The start of the second half of the ExoMars mission was scheduled for 2018, however, it was postponed to 2020 and 2022. The Proton-M launch vehicle with the Briz-M upper stage are likely to be used for the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 11.01.2022

Luna-25 lunar mission to be Russia’s major 2022 scientific event — top scientist

The Luna-25 is a space research lander module whose launch is scheduled for July 2022 from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East

The launch of the Luna-25 probe and its planned landing on the Moon’s southern pole will be Russia’s key 2022 scientific event, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeyev told TASS on Monday.

"The launch of the Luna-25 probe is the main Russian scientific event of 2022 and our return to the Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s. The most suitable position for the flight will be in the summer of 2022. I am confident that this will take place and I am confident that we will fly to the Moon and land softly and safely in the area of the southern pole, which will be the world’s first landing on that territory," Sergeyev said.

"In our estimates, the area there is the most conducive territory for the presence of water. Water is principally important for the Moon’s exploration because there will be no big problems with energy in future lunar settlements while it will be necessary to obtain oxygen," he said.

The Luna-25 is a space research lander module whose launch is scheduled for July 2022 from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East. The module is expected to touch down the Moon’s surface on the territory of the Boguslawsky crater in the area of its southern pole. The Luna-25 module will have nine scientific devices installed on its board to enable Russian scientists to study the properties of the Moon’s oldest rock in detail.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 28.01.2022

Russia picks July 23 as optimal date for Luna-25 lunar mission’s launch

The Luna-25 is set to become the first domestic spacecraft in Russia’s modern history on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite

July 23 is an optimal calculated date for launching Russia’s Luna-25 lunar mission this year, with July 24 serving as the back-up date, the Lavochkin Research and Production Association said in a presentation at the 46th Academic Readings on Cosmonautics on Wednesday.

The materials indicate July 23 (02:21:45 Moscow time) as the basic date and July 24 (02:55:49 Moscow time) as a back-up date. Consequently, the lunar station will reach the Moon’s orbit on July 28 or July 29, respectively.

Dates for the entire range of the 2022 launch window available from May to October have been calculated, a Lavochkin representative said.

"Activities are possible in September and October but there are nuances there," he added, specifying that the outlined dates showed an opportunity for the mission’s start but the launch would take place as soon as the lunar module was ready.

Head of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin earlier told TASS that the launch of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Luna-25 inter-planetary automatic station was scheduled for May-July 2022. He said that the July launch was a preferred option for utilizing the spacecraft’s energy capacity.

The Luna-25 is set to become the first domestic spacecraft in Russia’s modern history on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite. The lunar mission will be launched atop a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat booster from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East. Under the lunar project, the Luna-25 automatic station will be launched for studies in the area of the lunar south pole. The lander is set to touch down in the area of the Boguslawsky crater.

The Luna-25 probe is currently undergoing testing.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 31.03.2022

Russia’s Luna-25 landing system successfully passes trials

The Luna-25 is set to become the first domestic spacecraft in Russia’s modern history on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite

The trials of the high-precision landing system for Russia’s Luna-25 lunar mission expected later this year have been successfully completed, the state-run space corporation Roscosmos has said in a statement.

"Despite sanctions, trials of the high-precision landing system for the Luna-25 automatic station have been successfully completed," Roscosmos said in a statement, issued after its Director General Dmitry Rogozin’s meeting with members of the expert council.

In November, Roscosmos press service told TASS that experts had identified an error in the Doppler speed and distance meter (DISD-LR), intended to ensure a soft landing of the Luna-25 interplanetary probe. A rocket and space industry source later told TASS that "the device was unable to show correct data during a descent from a tower."

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 1.06.2022

Luna-25 probe to be launched late September — Roscosmos CEO

Luna-25 is to become the first probe in Russia’s recent history to land on the Moon

The Luna-25 space probe is scheduled to be launched at the end of September, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin told the media on Monday.

"I hope that all the tests will be successful. And at the end of September, we will launch Luna-25," he said.

Luna-25 is to become the first probe in Russia’s recent history to land on the Moon. Originally, the launch was tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2022. Speaking at the New Horizons education marathon of the Znanie (Knowledge) society, Rogozin said that the mission to the Moon should be sent before the end of September.

The purpose of the project is to have an automatic probe examine an area near the Moon’s South Pole. The descent module is to touch the Moon’s surface near the Boguslawsky crater.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 15.12.2022

Soft landing device installed on Russia’s Luna-25 mission spacecraft

"Luna-25" should become the first domestic apparatus in modern Russia on a natural satellite of the Earth

The Doppler speed and range meter DISD-LR, needed for a soft landing of Russia’s Luna-25 mission to the Moon, has been installed on the spacecraft after passing acceptance tests, Russia’s state-run space corporation Roscosmos told TASS on Wednesday.

"The device has been delivered to the Lavochkin design bureau, where it passed acceptance tests and was installed on the spacecraft," the corporation’s the press office said.

The Luna-25 is to become the first probe in Russia’s recent history to land on the Moon. Originally, the launch was tentatively scheduled for the summer of 2022. Roscosmos Director General Yuri Borisov told TASS in September that the mission was postponed until 2023.

The project is aimed at launching an automatic probe to explore an area near the Moon’s South Pole. The descent module is to touch the Moon’s surface near the Boguslawsky crater.

Quelle: TASS

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Update: 7.06.2023

Modern Russia’s first lunar probe to be launched Aug 11

MOSCOW, The launch of an automatic space probe to the Moon, the Luna-25, is scheduled for August 11 this year, the tour operator RocketTrip has said on its website.

"August 11 is the launch date," the website says in the section devoted to the tour to the Vostochny spaceport for the launch of the Luna-25.

In turn, the Russian space agency told TASS on Monday that the state corporation had earlier declared plans for launching the Luna-25 spacecraft in August.

The first domestically made probe in modern Russia’s history, the Luna-25, is to deliver a landing module for research and exploration in the area of the Moon’s south pole near the Boguslavsky crater. Earlier, Roscosmos told the media that the launch of the mission had been moved from July to August to achieve the required reliability of the project’s implementation.

Quelle: TASS

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Russia delays launch of Luna 25 moon lander until August

The liftoff had been targeted for July 13.

Russia's Luna 25 moon lander. (Image credit: Roscosmos)

Russia's upcoming moon mission has been hit with a further delay.

Launch of the robotic Luna 25 lander has been postponed from July 13 and will now lift off no earlier than August, Russia's TASS news agency reported on May 31.

"It was established that it would be appropriate to launch the Luna 25 spacecraft in August 2023," the press service for Russia's space agency Roscosmos stated on May 30, according to TASS.

Roscosmos said the spacecraft is now going through the final cycle of ground tests. "Statistic simulation of the mission's key stage — a soft landing on the lunar surface — is now nearing completion," a Roscosmos spokesperson said.

Luna 25 will be Russia's first lunar expedition since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Luna 24 lunar sample return in 1976 was the final Soviet moon mission.

The Luna 25 mission has suffered numerous delays, having previously been stated in 2020 to be ready to fly in 2021, and subsequently slipping into 2022and then 2023.

When it does fly, the spacecraft will be launched by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster from the Vostochny space center in the Russian Far East.

The lander will target the lunar south polar region, where it will operate for at least a year. Its science payloads will probe the lunar surface to reveal its composition and structure, as well as other properties of lunar polar regolith. The mission will also analyze the local dust and the tenuous plasma exosphere environment.

European Space Agency involvement in the mission, through the specially built European Pilot-D camera, was canceled by the agency following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Quelle: SC

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Update: 19.07.2023

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander reaches launch site for August 11 liftoff

Another lunar lander is headed for the moon's south pole.

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander ready for launch next month. (Image credit: NPO Lavochkina)

Russia's long-awaited and delayed robotic re-introduction to moon exploration, Luna-25, is at its launch site!

On July 10, the Luna-25 spacecraft was sent to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country's far east and delivered to its takeoff location for a scheduled sendoff this August. In a statement from Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkina, builder of the moon lander and part of the Roscosmos State Corporation, "work has been completed on the creation of the Luna-25 spacecraft."

"It is planned that the device will be the first in the world to carry out a soft landing on the surface of the moon in the south pole region and conduct contact studies of the lunar soil for the presence of ice at the landing site," the statement adds.

Difficult terrain

Luna-25 makes use of "a completely Russian element base and the latest achievements in the field of space instrumentation."

Lavochkin adds that the main task of the mission "is to develop the basic technologies for a soft landing in the circumpolar region and conduct contact studies of the south pole of the moon."

Contrasted to earlier Soviet Union lunar explorers, the Luna-25 spacecraft — in terms of landing — is fundamentally different from its predecessors. "Soviet lunar stations carried out lunar landings in the equatorial zone, the new station will for the first time provide a soft landing in the circumpolar region with difficult terrain."

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. (Image credit: Roscosmos)

Landing location

Luna-25 is intended to become the first domestic apparatus in modern Russia to head for the moon. The probe is targeted for a region of the south pole of the moon, touching down near the Boguslavsky crater. A "reserve area" is southwest of the Manzini crater.

Luna-25 is to study the upper surface layer in the region of the south pole of the moon, the lunar exosphere and develop landing and soil sampling technologies.

Topographic map of the southern sub-polar region of the Moon showing the location of Boguslawsky crater. (Image credit: Ivanov et al., 2015 via Arizona State University/LROC)

The declared active life of the probe on the surface of the moon is at least one Earth year.

This Russian moon mission continues the series of the former Soviet Union's lunar exploration activities that ended back in 1976 when Luna-24 successfully delivered about 170 grams of lunar soil to Earth.

Earlier, prior to Russia's intrusion into the Ukraine, the European Space Agency (ESA) was to provide the European Pilot-D camera built specifically for precisely landing Luna-25 on the moon. Due to the conflict, ESA canceled the camera cooperation, among a number of other collaborative space projects.

Quelle: SC

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Update: 7.08.2023

Russia to launch first lunar station in nearly 50 years

Russia's first lunar station in nearly 50 years, Luna-25, will fly to the Moon in the early morning of Aug 11, local media reported on Thursday.

According to Russia's RIA Novosti, the launch date is set for Aug 11 when the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage and the automatic station will lift off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, located in the Amur Oblast, at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time (2310 GMT on Aug 10).

The previous Russian station, Luna-24, was launched in 1976. Its return capsule brought back about 170 grams of lunar soil to Earth.

Luna-25 does not have a return capsule. It is expected to become the first station in history to land on the south pole of the Moon. The main tasks of the mission are to test the technologies of a soft landing, study the internal structure and explore resources, including water.

After the launch and separation from the rocket, the upper stage will send the automatic station to the trajectory of flight to the Moon. After four-and-a-half days, the station will enter orbit around the Moon and change its orbit several times before landing in the south pole region. The station's scientific work is expected to last a year.

Quelle: SD

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Update: 8.08.2023

Russia to launch Luna-25 on Friday, first moon mission in 50 years

After a long hiatus of nearly fifty years, Russia is gearing up to return to the Moon with its Luna-25 lunar lander, setting the stage for a new era in lunar exploration.

The Russian space agency announced Monday that the Luna-25 lander, powered by a Soyuz rocket, is set for an August 11 launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur Oblast at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time, The mission marks Moscow's first lunar endeavor since the Luna-24 mission in 1976.

Luna-24 previously made headlines when its return capsule successfully transported about 170 grams of lunar soil back to Earth. However, the Luna-25 mission aims even higher, seeking to etch its name in history by becoming the first mssion to land on the Moon's south pole.

But it's not just the landing location that sets Luna-25 apart. This mission will not include a return capsule. Instead, its primary objectives are to perfect the soft landing technologies, delve into the Moon's internal structure, and investigate resources, with a special focus on water availability.

After separating from the Soyuz upper stage, Luna-25 will travel toward the Moon. Within approximately four and a half days, it will initiate its lunar orbital phase, making several adjustments before eventually descending to the south pole region. The mission's scientific operations on the lunar surface are anticipated to span a year.

However, not all aspects of the mission have gone as originally planned. In April 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) took a firm stance, severing its collaborative ties with Russia's trio of lunar missions - Luna-25, 26, and 27, in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This followed a similar ESA decision to halt collaboration on the ExoMars project.

Originally, ESA's navigation camera, Pilot-D, was slated for integration on the Luna-25 probe. However, following the termination of the ESA-Russia partnership, ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher announced the removal of the camera from the launch. Instead, ESA has redirected its energies, now partnering with commercial service providers and NASA for testing and deploying equipment originally meant for the Russian missions.

With Luna-25's launch fast approaching, the world watches with bated breath, anticipating the next chapter in the saga of lunar exploration.

Quelle: SD

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Update: 11.08.2023

„LUNA-25“ GESTARTET

Nach 50 Jahren fliegt Russland wieder zum Mond

Russland hat mit der Raumsonde „Luna-25“ am Freitag erstmals seit fast 50 Jahren wieder einen Flug zum Mond gestartet. Der Raumapparat soll noch in diesem Monat am Südpol landen und unter anderem nach Wasser suchen. Die Trägerrakete vom Typ Sojus-2.1b hob wie geplant vom neuen Weltraumbahnhof Wostotschny in der Amurregion um 9.10 Uhr Ortszeit (1.10 Uhr MESZ) ab. Die Sonde trat plangemäß nach wenigen Minuten in den Kosmos ein.

„Der Start ist gelungen“, sagte Juri Borissow, der Chef der russischen Weltraumbehörde Roskosmos in einer Live-Übertragung des Starts. Die Reisezeit zum Erdtrabanten in rund 384.000 Kilometer Entfernung betrage viereinhalb Tage. Er hoffe auf eine weiche Landung auf dem Mond am 21. August, weil zunächst in der Umlaufbahn nach einer idealen Stelle zum Aufsetzen gesucht werde. Alles laufe reibungslos, sagte Borissow. Wegen technischer Probleme war diese erste Mission seit 1976 mehrfach verschoben worden.

Russland will Mondstation errichten
„Luna-25“ ist Teil des russischen Mondprogramms. Dieses sieht vor, bis 2040 auch eine Raumstation auf dem Himmelskörper zu errichten. Roskosmos knüpft damit an sein 1959 gestartetes sowjetisches „Luna“-Programm an. Dabei hatten Raumsonden auch Mondgestein mit zur Erde gebracht. Eigentlich sollte die neue Sonde schon lange unterwegs sein. Erster geplanter Starttermin war 2012, zuletzt wurde der Mai 2022 anvisiert.

Laut Roskosmos soll die 1800 Kilogramm schwere „Luna-25“ dabei helfen, eine Technologie für eine weiche Landung zu entwickeln. Auch habe die Sonde die Aufgabe, Bodenproben vom Mond einzusammeln und zu analysieren. Zu den geplanten wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen gehört laut dem Projektpapier weiters ein Studium der Oberflächenschichten und insbesondere des Lockermaterials im Bereich des südlichen Mond-Pols.

„Luna-25“ soll Wasser suchen
Ermitteln soll die russische Sonde aber vor allem auch den Anteil von Wasser im Boden. Die Weltraumforscher erwarten laut Roskosmos, dass der Wasseranteil im Lockermaterial verschwindend gering ist, weil bei Sonnenlicht und hohen Temperaturen alles verdunstet. Unter dieser Decke des abgelagerten Materials (Regolith) gebe es aber einen Dauerfrostboden. Die Wissenschaftler rechnen damit, dort und in dauerhaft schattigen Regionen Wassereis zu finden.

„Luna-25“ soll ebenfalls Bodenproben einsammeln - und kann dafür bis zu 40 Zentimeter in die Tiefe vordringen. Weitwinkelkameras fotografieren die Umgebung und die Landschaften, deren Aufnahmen über Radiokanäle zu einem Forschungszentrum auf der Erde gesendet werden können.

Raumfahrtnation zu Sowejtzeiten
Zu Sowjetzeiten hatte die stolze Raumfahrtnation mehrfach Geschichte geschrieben. Die Sowjetunion war das erste Land im All und hatte 1961 auch den ersten Menschen in den Kosmos geschickt. Schon 1959 erreichte sie auch als erstes Land der Welt die Oberfläche des Mondes. Bei dem Wettlauf der Systeme um die Erkundung des Weltalls waren dann aber die USA das Land, dem 1969 mit Apollo 11 die erste bemannte Mondmission gelang.

Zusammenarbeit mit ESA beendet
Ursprünglich hatte Roskosmos mit der Europäischen Raumfahrtagentur ESA an dem russischen Mondprogramm gearbeitet. Nach Russlands Invasion in die Ukraine vor mehr als 17 Monaten beendete ESA die Zusammenarbeit mit Moskau. Kremlchef Wladimir Putin, der den Krieg begonnen hatte, will mit dem jetzigen Start der Mondmission auch zeigen, dass das Land trotz der Sanktionen des Westens wegen des Krieges weiter in der Lage ist, seine wissenschaftlichen Projekte durchzuziehen. Experten sehen daher in der Mondmission vorallem ein Propaganda-Instrument.

Quelle: Kronen Zeitung

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