Roscosmos allowed the repetition of the mission to the South Pole of the Moon by 2026

The crash of Luna-25 does not mean that Roskosmos will suspend work on programs for the exploration of the moon; a repetition of the mission to land on the South Pole of the Moon may occur in 2025-2026. About it informs the press service of Roscosmos following the meeting of the head of the state corporation Yuri Borisov with the team of developers of Luna-25.

“One of the options for continuing the program may be the possibility of repeating the mission to land on the South Pole of the Moon in 2025-2026,” the report says.

During the meeting, Borisov noted that the designers and scientists were “burning with the idea” of continuing the program. “There is no need to make a tragedy out of this, you need to draw conclusions and continue working in this direction,” the press service quotes the head of Roskosmos.

Roskosmos announced the crash of the Luna-25 mission on August 20. By words Borisov, the reason was that the propulsion system of the station, when trying to go into the pre-landing orbit, worked for 127 seconds instead of 84. The final causes of the accident are to be clarified by a special interdepartmental commission. The device was launched on the night of August 11 from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Formerly Borisov saidthat “Luna-26” will go to the natural satellite of the Earth in 2027, and “Luna-27” – in 2028. The launch of “Luna-28” is planned after 2030.