Russia to create first 3D Map of the Moon by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2020
Russian scholars previously said that Russia would be launching a space vehicle to the Moon in October 2021 - for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia plans to create the first topographic 3D map of the Moon and will determine a site where the country's cosmonauts to land, head of the Russian Space Research Institute Anatoly Petrukovich announced on Sunday. "After the work of the American satellites, we have maps of the Lunar plane, but here, using stereo processing and light analysis, we will get a universal altitude map of the entire Moon with high accuracy", the scholar stated. According to him, the map will help research the geological structures of the Earth's satellite and will provide navigation data for other space devices. The mission, which aims to send a landing module to the Moon, is scheduled for launch in 2024. Source: RIA Novosti
Russia eyes Oct 2021 launch for first lunar mission in 45 years Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2020 The launch of the first Russian spacecraft to the Moon after a 45-year hiatus is planned for 1 October 2021, a Russian space scientist announced at a meeting of the Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The last Soviet interplanetary automatic station was Luna-24, launched in 1976. Russia in its history has not yet sent a spacecraft to the moon. "Therefore, the name of our spacecraft - the Luna-25 - continues the count of domestic lunar missions of the last century. The main laun ... read more
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