A first in modern Russian history, the Moon mission will help refresh the information used by Soviet scientists. said Channel “360” Ivan Moiseev, head of the Space Policy Institute.
“The main task is to renew these technologies, this knowledge and skills with the same rocket that we had when we landed an automatic station on the Moon in the 66th year of the last century,” said Moiseev.
According to him, the mission will search for water in the soil on the Moon. He noted that for this purpose, the Luna-25 station is equipped with a small set of scientific equipment.
“The station’s interest is to land near the South Pole, where the Indians discovered the water in 2008. The head of the institute is interested in seeing the land – it contains water at the South Pole or not, ”explained the head of the institute.
He added that Russia could open a few more stations in a few years. According to him, the country has the necessary resources in the field of space exploration, the competent use of which will allow it to become a leader in this field.
August 11 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome started Launch the “Soyuz-2.1b” vehicle with the “Fregat” upper stage and the automatic station “Luna-25”. The previous domestic station “Luna-24” was launched in 1976.
Previously on Roscosmos in your name timing of the landing of the first Russian station on the moon.