Race to the moon, what projects are going on towards the satellite of the earth

More than fifty years have passed since then USA And Russia they were the only countries to participate in the space race. There are currently several projects underway in some countries such as India And Chinaand who regard the moon as their main interest.

But that doesn’t mean the United States and Russia were left out of the race to the moon. In fact, the Russian space agency Roscocosmos has just inaugurated the mission moon 25with the launch of a lander on August 10.

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The Russian device has already landed on the moon on the Earth satelliteespecially at the South Pole, where there is probably a lot of water ice.

Luna 25 was to be equipped with eight science instruments selected for the mission. He would stay on the moon for a year.

ratethe Russian state news agency, shared the statements of Yuri Borisovthe director of Roscocosmos: “The objectives of this mission are completely peaceful in nature.”

Besides Russia, India is another country that maintains a space project. This country launched a so-called probe Chandrayan 3 on July 14 and It is expected to arrive at the south pole of the moon between August 23 and 24.

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India’s interests are the same as Russia’s: search for water ice that would be used to obtain oxygen or rocket fuel. At the satellite’s south pole, they would also find areas that receive nearly uninterrupted sunlight power source for future missions.

According to the portal WiredRussia’s Luna-25 will be based near the “Boguslavsky” crater and will be powered by both solar energy and its radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

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Chandrayaan 3, on the other hand, has a lander called “Vikram” and a small rover known as “Pragyan” and will only operate for about two weeks. The Indian Space Agency explained that the purpose of the mission is “to develop and demonstrate new technologies required for interplanetary missions.”

While Russia and India compete, the United States and China keep an eye on the satellite to establish bases and begin space exploration, but not with robots but with humans.

Though it’s still about plans, The Chinese manned mission is expected to reach the moon in 2027. The date is a step forward from China’s latest public predictions: In November last year, one of the space program engineers, Ye Peijian, had stated that the arrival of Chinese astronauts on the moon would be “fully possible” around 2030.

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The United States would launch in the 2024 the first manned test of the Orion space capsule, the mission artemis 2. The crew will travel to the moon, travel around it, and return to Earth in about ten days. (JO)

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