Russia Launches First Lunar Mission in Nearly 50 Years

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Russia successfully launched their first lunar space mission in nearly 50 years. The lunar 25 spacecraft is expected to orbit the earth then shift to a lunar orbit and eventually land on the lunar south pole. On August 23rd, an Indian spacecraft is to make contact on the same date. The head of Russia's Space Exploration Agency said this quote. I think that in the future, the moon will be a launching pad for exploring deep space distant planets. Now, the last time a Russian spacecraft landed on the moon that was in 1976.