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17 of February, 02:04

The source told about the plans for mining on the moon . Russia plans to 2031-2035 years to deliver on the moon reusable craft for transporting cargo, heavy Rover for mining and modules for a lunar base, said Last news on Sunday a source in the rocket and space industry.

according to his statement, a Landing station "Luna-32" bring on the natural satellite of the Earth heavy modules weighing up to six tons for the construction of a lunar base, and the launch of the Orbiter "Luna-33" would provide communications and navigation.

first, the General Director of the Russian space Agency, Dmitry Rogozin, said that in 2021 the moon is expected to send a landing station " Luna-25 ", in 2023 - the Orbiter "Luna-26" and in 2024 - landing station " Luna-27 ".

The landing station "Luna-25" will search for water ice at the lunar South pole, and will test the technology with a soft landing on Earth's natural satellite. This will be the first Russian mission after a 40-year hiatus. The last Soviet station was launched to the Earth in 1976 and was called " Luna-24 ".

The Orbiter "Luna-26" obliged to carry out mapping and remote study of the surface of the satellite. Landing station "Luna-27" should take soil samples at the South pole of the moon and study it.

in 2027 to the moon is planned to launch a landing station "Luna-28" for the return to Earth of a cryogenic soil samples from the South pole of Earth's natural satellite, and in 2028 - a landing station "Luna-29" Rover.



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