Here's Everything You Need To Know About Chandrayaan 3 Competitor Lunar-25

here's everything you need to know about chandrayaan 3 competitor lunar-25

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After a gap of nearly 50 years, Russia is planning to launch a lunar mission on 11 August

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Russia wants to enter the race to become the first nation to land a rover on moon's south pole

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India launched its Chandrayaan 3 on 14 July 2023

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ISRO claimed that they are planning to land safely around 23 August 2023

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Russian space agency Roscosmos said its Luna-25 spacecraft will take five days to fly to the moon

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It will spend 5-7 days in lunar orbit before descending on one of three possible landing sites near the pole

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A timetable that implies it could match or narrowly beat Chandrayaan-3 to the moon's surface

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Chandrayaan-3 has been designed to run experiments for two weeks, while Luna-25 will work on the moon for a year

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With a mass of 1.8 tons and carrying 31 kg (68 pounds) of scientific equipment, Luna-25 will use a scoop to take rock samples from a depth of up to 15 cm (6 inches) to test for the presence of frozen water that could support human life

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The launch, originally planned for October 2021, got delayed

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The European Space Agency had planned to test its Pilot-D navigation camera by attaching it to Luna-25

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Later broke off its ties to the project after Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year

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