Russia reignites space race with historic lunar mission

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The Roscosmos Luna-25 is Moscow’s first Moon probe in 47 years.

Russia has successfully launched a probe to the Moon for the first time since 1976. Luna-25 blasted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the far-eastern Amur Region on Friday morning, and is aiming to touch down on the southern polar region of Earth’s satellite by August 21.

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