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Russia launches first Moon mission in half a century: what it means for science
Nature ^
| 8/16/2023
| Jonathan O'Callaghan
Posted on 08/19/2023 9:33:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia has launched an uncrewed spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole — its first lunar mission in 47 years. If successful, the mission would be the first to land in the region, and could mark the start of considerable activity there involving multiple countries and private companies.
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Luna 25 launched aboard a Soyuz rocket at 11.11 p.m. UT on 10 August from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia — marking a move away from Russia’s dependence on Kazakhstan, which hosts its main launch site, the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It will take around 5 days for the spacecraft to reach a 100-kilometre orbit around the Moon. The landing attempt is scheduled for 21 August at the 100-kilometre-wide Boguslawsky crater, about 500 kilometres from the Moon’s south pole.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; emergencysituation; lostinspace; luna25; moon; putin; roscosmos; roskosmos; russia; science; space; themoon; tottyo
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To: marcusmaximus
It’s been so long maybe they forgot how to Moon it ,LOL
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Update: Breaking now.
Luna-25 not stronk as bull.
To: butlerweave
“Emergency situation” onboard. Now. Developing...
To: marcusmaximus
The reversal of the 1960s continues.
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08/19/2023 9:54:31 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: DesertRhino
The reversal of the 1960s continues.Nope.
To: marcusmaximus
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08/19/2023 10:01:35 AM PDT
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Sunsong
To: marcusmaximus
How long has Putin owned your brain?
To: marcusmaximus
RuZZia, first in Space, first in Peace ✌️
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08/19/2023 10:02:52 AM PDT
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JonPreston
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
Putin space program not stronk.
To: marcusmaximus
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08/19/2023 10:06:32 AM PDT
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isthisnickcool
(1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
To: marcusmaximus
what it means for science It only "means" anything for "science" if Fauci was on it.
-PJ
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08/19/2023 10:07:42 AM PDT
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Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: marcusmaximus
Wait, I thought their economy was crumbling, how could they afford a space program at all?
To: JonPreston
Go move their then. I'll stay and fight for the US and against the nwo Government.
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08/19/2023 10:33:32 AM PDT
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cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM! Trump 2024, NO more Mr Nice)
To: marcusmaximus
And it is off to deep space?
To: JonPreston
“RuZZia...first in Peace”
Yeah, how’d that Molotov-Ribbentorp peace agreement work out for you?
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08/19/2023 11:35:55 AM PDT
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MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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