Luna-25 is already flying to Earth's natural satellite
Tonight from the East, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket, filled with naphthyl, took the Luna-25 spacecraft into the sky - thus started the first mission in the history of modern Russia to study the moon.
The rocket worked as planned. Approximately an hour after the launch, Luna-25 separated from the Fregat booster - it put the automatic station on a trajectory for a flight to the Moon.
Luna-25 effectively restarted the national lunar program. It will be followed by others. And the head of Roscosmos, Yury Borisov, told when to expect new launches.
After that, a completely new stage of lunar exploitation will begin for Russia, and it will be carried out in cooperation with China.