Luna 25
Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
In context
- When
- Friday, August 11 20233 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 21st century · 2020s
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At a glance
Dates: From 2023.
Type: lunar lander and former entity.
What came before
Part of: Luna-Glob.
Timeline
Follows: Luna 24.
What happened
History Proposed landing sites Suggested landing ellipses for Luna-Glob (Luna-25). Primary ellipses are 1, 4, 6 and secondary ellipses are 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and B1, B2. The previous lunar lander in the series was a Soviet craft, Luna 24 , launched in 1976. Nascent plans for what became Luna 25 began in the late 1990s, with the evaluation of two spacecraft designs having taken place by 1998.
Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-era Luna 24 in 1976, and was intended to be the first spacecraft ever to land near the lunar south pole. The spacecraft was manufactured by NPO Lavochkin and carried 30 kg (66 lb) of scientific instruments, including instruments for analyzing lunar regolith and measuring plasma in the exosphere.
August 11 through the years
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Questions about this entry
When did Luna 25 happen?
August 11 2023 — 3 years ago, on a Friday.
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