Russia revealed the time to launch the 'extreme' spacecraft to the Moon

The last Soviet interplanetary space station, Luna-24, was launched in 1976. After that, Russia has never launched a spacecraft on Earth's satellite.

' The spacecraft will be named Luna-25 , which represents the continuation of the country's lunar research mission in the last century. The reserve date will be October 30 , 2021, ' Mitrofanov said at a meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Earth is viewed from the Moon.(Photo: NASA).

Reportedly, two areas, the main and the reserve, have been chosen to land in the vicinity of the moon's southernmost tip. The first position is to the north of Boguslawsky crater, and the second to the southwest of Manzinus crater. To complete the mission Luna-25 spacecraft must land in one of these two areas within an ellipse from the chosen location from 15 km to 30 km.

After landing, the device will conduct scientific studies on the properties and composition of polar polar soil, measure its mechanical properties, and study the atmosphere outside the Moon. So far no poll has taken place in the polar region. All Soviet and US lunar exploration, as well as other countries' space equipment, land at temperate latitudes or in the equatorial region.

According to sources, in 2024 Russia will launch the Luna-26 orbit station to the Moon and in 2025 it will be the Luna-27 station. The construction of these stations is part of the current Federal Space Research Program until 2025.

In addition, in 2027-2028 plans to launch the Luna-28 heavy space station to the Moon to take samples of rock and soil and return to Earth, as well as the Luna-29 station to bring the heavy - duty autonomous ship to the Moon. . This project is currently not included in any programs.

Earlier, in 2018, the Hang Nga 4 spacecraft from Xichang space airport in southwest China on December 8, 2018, landed successfully on the hidden side of the Moon. This is the first landing of a spacecraft from the Earth on this hidden surface.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Hang Nga 4 vessel may have brought seeds and silkworm eggs. The landing of the Hang Nga 4 on the lunar surface shows that China's ambition to become a space power. In 2013, the Hang Nga 3 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon since the 'last Luna ship' (Soviet Soviet Luna 24, 1976).

China is trying to catch up with the US and Russia in the space race, so that by 2030, it will become a power in this field. In 2019, China begins work on building the space station. The Chinese Space Agency can also carry out the mission of a crewed ship to the Moon and send self-propelled vehicles to Mars after 2020.

The Luna 24 (Ye-8-5M series) is an unmanned spacecraft to explore the Moon of the Soviet Union. In 1976, Luna-24 landed safely on the Moon and then returned to Earth, carrying 170 grams of Moon soil.

Luna 24 is the last exploration ship of the Luna unmanned lunar series. Luna is an automated Soviet lunar research program conducted from 1959 to 1976.

This expedition includes 24 flights, symbolized from Luna-1 to Luna-24. Since Luna 24 landed on the Moon in 1976, no other spacecraft have been launched from Earth to land on the Moon until 2013. The next unmanned spacecraft intends to land. down to the moon is Hang Nga 3 launched by China on December 2, 2013.