Roskosmos said the reason for the postponement of the launch of the Russian moon stations
Roskosmos said the reason for the postponement of the launch of the Russian moon stations MOSCOW, January 10 — RIA Novosti. The automatic station “Luna-26” and “Luna-27” decided to launch a year later than planned, to have time to work out the technology of landing on the station “Luna-25”, a term which earlier was also moved, told RIA Novosti in the press service of Roscosmos. Earlier, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, the TV channel “Russia-24” said that the launch of “Luna-26” and “Luna-27” was moved to 2023 and 2024, respectively. Before it was reported that the launch of the first in more than 40 years, the Russian lunar station “Luna-25” postponed from 2019 to 2021. “The shift in timing of launches of spacecraft “Luna-26” and “Luna-27” is due to a new launch date of the SPACECRAFT (SC) “Luna-25” (scheduled for 2021), designed for working soft landing on the moon,