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Luna 25, the Glossary

Luna 25 (or Luna-25; Луна-25) was a failed Russian lunar lander mission by Roscosmos in August 2023 that planned to land near the lunar south pole, in the vicinity of the crater Boguslawsky.^[1]

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Amur Oblast

Amur Oblast (Amurskaya oblastʹ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East.

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Boguslawsky (crater)

Boguslawsky is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southern lunar limb, to the northwest of the slightly larger crater Demonax, and southwest of the concentric crater Boussingault.

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Chandrayaan-2 (from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the second lunar exploration mission developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after Chandrayaan-1. Luna 25 and Chandrayaan-2 are missions to the Moon and spacecraft that impacted the Moon.

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Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 is the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme, a series of lunar-exploration missions developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Luna 25 and Chandrayaan-3 are 2023 on the Moon, missions to the Moon and space probes launched in 2023.

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Chang'e 4

Chang'e 4 is a robotic spacecraft mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of the CNSA.

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Chang'e 6

Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the second CNSA lunar sample-return mission. Luna 25 and Chang'e 6 are missions to the Moon.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Drilling rig

A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface.

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Elektro-L No.2

Elektro-L No.2 is a Russian geostationary weather satellite which launched on 11 December 2015.

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ExoMars

ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is an astrobiology programme of the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Exosphere

The exosphere (ἔξω éxō "outside, external, beyond", σφαῖρα sphaĩra "sphere") is a thin, atmosphere-like volume surrounding a planet or natural satellite where molecules are gravitationally bound to that body, but where the density is so low that the molecules are essentially collision-less.

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Fobos-Grunt

Fobos-Grunt or Phobos-Grunt (Фобос-Грунт, where грунт refers to the ground in the narrow geological meaning of any type of soil or rock exposed on the surface) was an attempted Russian sample return mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.

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Fregat

Fregat (Фрегат, frigate) is an upper stage developed by NPO Lavochkin in the 1990s, which is used in some Soyuz and Zenit launch vehicles, but is universal and can be used as a part of a medium and heavy class launch vehicles.

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Following the full declaration of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022, institutions such as the United States, the European Union, and other Western countries introduced or significantly expanded sanctions covering Russian President Vladimir Putin, other government members and Russian citizens in general.

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ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is India's national '''space agency'''.

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JAXA

The is the Japanese national air and space agency.

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Lavochkin

NPO Lavochkin (НПО Лавочкина, OKB-301, also called Lavochkin Research and Production Association or shortly Lavochkin Association, LA) is a Russian aerospace company.

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Libration

In lunar astronomy, libration is the cyclic variation in the apparent position of the Moon perceived by Earth-bound observers and caused by changes between the orbital and rotational planes of the moon.

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List of missions to the Moon

Missions to the Moon have been numerous and one of the earliest space missions, conducting exploration of the Moon since 1959. Luna 25 and List of missions to the Moon are missions to the Moon.

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Luna 24

Luna 24 was a robotic probe of the Soviet Union's Luna programme. Luna 25 and Luna 24 are missions to the Moon.

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Luna 26

Luna 26 (Luna-Resurs-Orbiter Russian Research Institute (IKI) 2017 or Luna-Resurs O) is a planned lunar polar orbiter, part of the Luna-Glob program, by Roscosmos. Luna 25 and luna 26 are missions to the Moon and Russian lunar exploration program.

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Luna programme

The Luna programme (from the Russian word "Luna" meaning "Moon"), occasionally called Lunik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. Luna 25 and Luna programme are missions to the Moon.

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Luna-Glob

Luna-Glob (Луна-Глоб, meaning Lunar sphere) is a Moon exploration programme by Roscosmos meant to progress toward the creation of a fully robotic lunar base. Luna 25 and luna-Glob are missions to the Moon and Russian lunar exploration program.

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Lunar lander

A lunar lander or Moon lander is a spacecraft designed to land on the surface of the Moon.

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Lunar orbit

In astronomy and spaceflight, a lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is an orbit by an object around Earth's Moon.

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Lunar south pole

The lunar south pole is the southernmost point on the Moon.

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Lunar water

Lunar water is water that is present on the Moon.

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Lunar-A

LUNAR-A was a cancelled Japanese spacecraft project that was originally scheduled to be launched in 1995, then delayed to August 2004. Luna 25 and Lunar-A are missions to the Moon.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Moon landing

A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, including both crewed and robotic missions. Luna 25 and Moon landing are missions to the Moon.

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Payload

Payload is the object or the entity which is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle.

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Pentland (crater)

Pentland is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern part of the Moon, and appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons.

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Pontécoulant (crater)

Pontécoulant is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.

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Regolith

Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock.

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Retroreflector

A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects radiation (usually light) back to its source with minimum scattering.

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RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti (РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN or RIA (label), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency.

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Robotic arm

A robotic arm is a type of mechanical arm, usually programmable, with similar functions to a human arm; the arm may be the sum total of the mechanism or may be part of a more complex robot.

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Roscosmos

The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos" (Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Russian ruble

The ruble or rouble (rublʹ; symbol: ₽; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rub in Latin; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation.

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Russian Space Research Institute

The Russian Space Research Institute (Институт космическихисследований Российской академии наук, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, SRI RAS, Russian abbreviation: ИКИ РАН, IKI RAN) is the leading organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences on space exploration to benefit fundamental science.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_25

Also known as Luna-25, Luna-Glob lander.

, Technology, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Weather satellite, Yury Borisov.

Luna 25, the Glossary

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2023 in Russia

2023 on the Moon

Russian lunar exploration program

Space probes launched in 2023

Spacecraft that impacted the Moon

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