

According to Russian media, on Friday, August 11, at 4.40 am, the Luna-25 lander was launched from Russia’s Vostoni Cosmodrome. Luna-25 was sent to the moon in a Soyuz 2.1B rocket. It has been named the Luna-Globe mission. The length of the rocket is about 46.3 meters, while its diameter is 10.3 meters. Russia’s space agency Roscosmos says that Luna-25 has left for the moon. For five days it will move towards the moon. After this, the rocket weighing 313 tonnes will revolve around the moon for 7-10 days. It is expected that on 21 or 22 August it will reach the lunar
surface.Russian lander can land on moon before Chandrayaan-3