Russia Back in Space Race With Plans To Probe Moon – Video

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Russia Back in Space Race With Plans To Probe Moon
In what may be super science #39;s great tortoise-and-the-hare story, Russia has returned to the space race by announcing a series of lunar missions over the next half-decade. Launching in 2015, Russia will send three unmanned probes to the surface of the moon mdash;marking its first lunar visits since the Soviet mission in 1973. The first mission, Luna-Glob-1 will carry 20 kilograms of scientific equipment and aim to test a new surface-landing platform. The program will take a special interest in investigating the possibility of water at the lunar poles, and may include a manned mission in 2018. The missions will launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia #39;s new billion-dollar launch site, currently under construction. With the retirement of NASA #39;s shuttle program in 2011, Russia #39;s Soyuz spacecraft is currently the only vehicle capable of carrying crew to the International Space Station, making Russia arguably Earth #39;s preeminent space-faring nation and once again the leader in a space race that began way back in the 1950s.

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