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The lunar south pole is the southernmost point on the Moon. ... Russia launched its Luna 25 lunar lander on August 10, 2023. ...
Luna 25 (or Luna-25; Russian: Луна-25) was a failed Russian lunar lander mission by Roscosmos [7] in August 2023 that planned to land near the lunar south pole, in the vicinity of the crater Boguslawsky.
The lander was scheduled to touch down on the lunar surface on 6 September 2019 to deploy the Pragyan rover. The lander lost contact with mission control, deviated from its intended trajectory while attempting to land near the lunar south pole, and crashed. [21] [22] The lunar south pole region holds particular interest for scientific exploration.
India made history Wednesday by becoming the first country to reach the lunar south pole.. An uncrewed robotic moon lander, operated by India’s space agency and known as the Chandrayaan-3 ...
Russia launched Luna 25, its first lunar lander in 47 years, ... The mission is India’s second attempt to land at the lunar south pole after Chandrayaan-2 crashed into the moon in September 2019 ...
The mission’s lander is expected to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole at about 6.04pm local time (12.34pm GMT/UTC). Click here to see the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission livestream event.
The Chang'e 6 lander successfully landed in the South pole-Aitken basin on the lunar far side at 22:23 UTC on 1 June 2024. [18] After the completion of sample collection and the placement of the sample on the ascender by the probe's robotic drill and robotic arm, the ascender successfully took off from atop the lander portion of the probe at 23 ...
India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission to the lunar South pole has sent back first images of the Moon ahead of its anticipated landing later this month.. On Saturday, the spacecraft carrying the ...