The world has entered a new space race. China, USA, Russia and now IndiaThis time he dreams of not only landing on the moon, but building a base here in a way that will make science fiction movies come true. Today one of these actors is tangibly involved in the race.

Russia has given the go-ahead for its first mission to reach the surface of the moon since 1976. The Luna 25 mission began with the launch of the Soyuz 2.1v rocket and Luna 25 spacecraft. spacecraft It is scheduled to land on the moon on August 21.

What will the Luna 25 spacecraft do on the moon?

According to the information shared, Luna 25 will perform an operation on the south pole of the moon. This region has recently changed into a region where all countries focus and plan tasks. For in this part of the moon, in places away from sunlight traces of ice found.

The 1.8-ton spacecraft and the lunar surface no more than 15 centimeters will collect rock samples from the deep.

Last month, India launched a spacecraft to the same area. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft It is expected to land on the moon on August 23.

No land has yet landed on the south pole of the moon:

In addition to the four major countries, Japan and the European Union also launched missions to the south pole of the moon. However, no country has yet achieved a successful mission by landing. The Indian Chandrayaan-2 mission and another Israeli mission failed in 2019, while the Japanese mission failed last year.