Russian Lunar-25 probe to be postponed until 2023

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen grass Luo Yuzi for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com Sept. 7, according to CCTV news, local time on September 7, the TASS news agency quoted the Russian National Aerospace Group as saying that the Russian "Moon-25" probe will be postponed to between July and August 2023.

The spacecraft was originally scheduled to launch in 2022, but the delay was due to the fact that the speed and distance meters on the spacecraft did not meet the technical requirements of the lunar mission.

According to previous reports, the main task of this launch is to practice the basic technology of soft landing in the circumpolar region and to conduct contact studies on specific areas of the lunar south pole.

CTOnews.com learned that the Lunar-25 (Luna 25) mission would be Russia's first in 47 years. On August 9, 1976, the Soviet Union sent the last man-made equipment to the moon, the Moon-24 probe, to study the moon, collect and transport lunar soil samples back to Earth.