Russia: Robotic Lunar Station by End of Decade

by Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com Staff Writer

Date: 15 January 2013 Time: 04:34 PM ET

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An artist's illustration of Russia's Luna-Glob spacecraft. CREDIT: NASA View full size image

Russia will launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015, the first step in a new push toward establishing a fully robotic lunar station, according to press reports.

The new moon orbiter, called Luna-Glob, should be ready for launch in two years and is expected to be the first of four missions to establish a lunar base, Russia’s RIA Novosti reported today (Jan. 15).

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