Roscosmos has had a few problems landing on the lunar surface recently
Russia has not had the best of luck in modern times when it comes to missions to the Moon. In 2023, its Luna 25 landerfollowing a botched orbital burn. The misery of Roscosmos engineers was compounded when India's Chandrayaan-3 mission landed successfully mere days later.
While Roscosmos talked up its plans for a nuclear reactor on the Moon, China has continued progressing toward reusable rockets. In an interview published by, Wang Wei of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said that 4-meter-class and 5-meter-class reusable rockets were scheduled to fly for the first time in 2025 and 2026 respectively.
SpaceX has demonstrated the effectiveness of reusable rockets, and its rivals have since been scrambling to catch up. Blue Origin's New Glenn first stage is designed to be reusable, and United Launch Alliance's proposed SMART system would make the first stage engines of the company's Vulcan rocket recoverable.Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expectedGovernmental and commercial entities have since attempted the feat with varying levels of success.
Chang'e 6, another sample return mission, is due to launch in the first half of 2024. It will be followed by a resource prospector in 2026 and Chang'e 8 in 2028. Chang'e 8 is expected to be a precursor to the construction of a lunar base. So Borisov's timing could work. And it isn't as though the Russians haven't put radioactive power sources on the Moon before – the Lunokhod rover had aHowever Russia has long since lost the ability to land something on the Moon, let alone go trundling, as demonstrated by the Luna 25 mishap.in 2021, but the Luna 25 incident will likely have given Russia's partners pause for thought. ILRS calls for"long-term unmanned operation with the prospect of subsequent human presence.
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