The Soviet Union published a top secret Moon exploration program

After nearly half a century, Russia's aerospace equipment company announced a top-secret exploration device deployed by the Soviet Union in 1973.

In 1973, the Soviet Union put a named exploration system on the Moon, this device carried out exploration activities from January 16, 1973 to May 10, 1973. However, since then, all information about the exploration and the Lunokhod-2 device itself has been kept completely confidential.

Soviet Lunokhod-2 Moon Detector.(Photo: RIA Novosti).

On January 16, 2018, the Russian Space System company declassified the relevant documents of this campaign as well as the Lunokhod-2 device and command center at the ground. In particular, Lunokhod-2 uses a system that communicates with the Earth with lasers, an extremely modern technology of the time.

The first serious problem Lunokhod-2 encountered during Moon exploration was during the 250th session, the remote control system had a problem that caused Lunokhod-2 to stop three times before reaching a hole. The meteorite on the surface of the Moon is expected.

After Lunokhod-2, the Soviet Union planned to deploy at a higher speed, which was completed in the late 1970s but was not launched to the Moon because at this time the Soviet space program began. limited budget.