Russia could launch the Luna-25 mission to the moon

Russia last visited the moon in 1976 when the robotic spacecraft Luna-24 collected lunar samples that were brought back to Earth. Roscosmos, the country’s space agency, is set to send the Luna-25 lander to the Boguslawsky crater near the moon’s south pole on Friday, Aug. 11 local time (it will be Thursday in the United States). It may be one of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/25/science/ispace-moon-landing-japan?smid=spacecal#what-else-is-going-to-the-moon-this-year">a series of robotic moon landings</a> that could be attempted during the latter half of this year. Read more about <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/science/russia-moon-launch.html?smid=spacecal">Luna-25 and follow the launch here</a>.