Russia has launched a three-stage "Lunar Program"

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The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Luna-25 automatic station on board was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome the day before. The purpose of the launch is to search for water at the South Pole of an artificial satellite of the Earth, the discovery of which will be an important step towards the exploration of the Moon and the construction of habitable modules on its surface.

During the implementation of the first phase of the program in 2027, the Luna-26 station will be launched, which, while rotating around the Moon, will study its surface in order to find the most convenient site for the construction of a lunar base.



Further, in another year, Luna-27 will lower a device to the surface of the satellite, which will have to drill its surface and provide the necessary information for the work of the crew of the future mission.

In addition, "Luna-26" and "Luna-27" will work out the connection between the circumlunar module and the station on the surface of the satellite.

Luna-28, which will launch around 2030, will deliver a light-class lunar rover to the satellite. With the help of this vehicle, samples of the soil will be delivered to Earth.

At the second stage of the program, modules for the operation of the future object will be built on the satellite during a manned flight. The third stage, which will be completed in the late 2040s, will mark the start of operation of the permanently operating Russian-Chinese manned station on the lunar surface.
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  1. Dmitry Volkov
    Dmitry Volkov
    +1
    11 August 2023 14: 53
    The author is well done for raising this news, according to earlier information on the Internet, this flight was postponed for 24 years and the fact that the satellite was sent to the moon now is not just a coincidence ...
    Look, if in the near future the United States does not slow down in Ukraine, then blackmail about the lies of flying to the moon like America failed, and ours will never tell the truth, because the whole world will know that the USSR and the USA were in collusion on the lunar scam.
    I think that America will surrender Ukraine, she does not need this shame now ...
    PS Because of this lunar scam, the USSR collapsed!
    1. Flight
      Flight
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      12 August 2023 06: 18
      because of this lunar scam, the USSR collapsed!

      Seriously? So it took and fell apart?
  2. Submariner971
    Submariner971
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    11 August 2023 15: 36
    Surprisingly, there is almost complete silence about this night start in the news today! There was such indifference on the half-century anniversary of the landing in the United States, which makes you wonder ... But in European souvenir shops at railway stations in Germany and Italy, there were anniversary photo albums in English ...
  3. Vladimir Tuzakov
    Vladimir Tuzakov
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    11 August 2023 15: 38
    Before the Moon, we need to master the entire Russian Federation, and there work and costs are not measured. For the USSR, this was an important tool of politics and influence, for which today, when the Russian Federation is in a difficult situation, because such spending has no real return in the next 30-50 years. Window dressing and "cut" for a certain circle of interested persons. It looks like a lot of money thrown "to the moon."
  4. Constantine N
    Constantine N
    +1
    12 August 2023 05: 08
    I wonder if the funds of state-owned companies like Gazprom were directed not to support professional sports clubs, but science would have had better results?
  5. Flight
    Flight
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    12 August 2023 06: 17
    During the implementation of the first phase of the program in 2027, the Luna-26 station will be launched, which, while rotating around the Moon, will study its surface in order to find the most convenient site for the construction of a lunar base.

    As I understand it, the GDP report on this should not be missed.
  6. ont65
    ont65
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    13 August 2023 05: 02
    The second and third stages are still at the level of rumors. As such, there is no comprehensive program of scientific research, and within the accepted framework of short-term plans with severely curtailed funding, there cannot be. Let's wait and see if there is something to look at.
  7. Colonel Kudasov
    Colonel Kudasov
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    19 August 2023 22: 26
    The ticker in the news reports that an "abnormal situation" has occurred. What would that mean?