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Moonstruck: ESA and Russia to launch new mission

Moonstruck: ESA and Russia to launch new mission
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The European and Russian space agencies are to send a lander to an unexplored area at the Moon’s south pole. It will be one of a series of missions

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The European and Russian space agencies are to send a lander to an unexplored area at the Moon’s south pole.

It will be one of a series of missions that prepares for humans to return to the surface and possibly settle permanently.

The Luna 27 mission will launch in 5 years time.

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