"Luna-25" transmitted the first pictures from space
Technology
The Luna-25 interplanetary station, which continues its flight to the Moon, has transmitted the first images from space. Photos published on the website of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences completed an express analysis of telemetry data and measurements from scientific instruments of the Luna-25 automatic station on August 13, 2023. The first images from space were sent through the STS-L onboard television cameras.
Two frames show the structural elements of Luna-25 against the background of the earth and the Moon, and the third frame shows the mission emblem and the manipulator cabin on board.
On August 11 at 2:11 Moscow time, the Soyuz 2.1 V rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome launched into space for the first time in almost 50 years, together with the local lunar station Luna-25.
The device could be the first station to make a soft landing in difficult terrain at the Moon's South Pole. Previous stations landed in the equatorial zone. The main purpose of the station is to conduct surveys of the lunar soil to determine the presence of ice.
Luna-25 will be the first lunar station in the history of modern Russia. The last Soviet spacecraft sent to Earth's natural satellite was launched in 1976 and was named Luna-24.
Two frames show the structural elements of Luna-25 against the background of the earth and the Moon, and the third frame shows the mission emblem and the manipulator cabin on board.
On August 11 at 2:11 Moscow time, the Soyuz 2.1 V rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome launched into space for the first time in almost 50 years, together with the local lunar station Luna-25.
The device could be the first station to make a soft landing in difficult terrain at the Moon's South Pole. Previous stations landed in the equatorial zone. The main purpose of the station is to conduct surveys of the lunar soil to determine the presence of ice.
Luna-25 will be the first lunar station in the history of modern Russia. The last Soviet spacecraft sent to Earth's natural satellite was launched in 1976 and was named Luna-24.
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