Roscosmos

Russia's space agency rescheduled the launch of automatic interplanetary station Luna-25 in July next year, said Dmitry Rogozin, Roscosmos state space corporation chief on November 20. This is said to be Russia's first lunar program for the south pole of the moon, reported UNI. Earlier in August, the launch was also postponed to carry out some additional checks of equipment. Notably, the Luna 24 was launched in 1976.

Russian space agency Roscosmos will be sending actress Yuria Peresild and director Klim Shipenko to shoot a film at the International Space Station. Titled "Challenge", the expedition for the space-drama will begin from October 5 after the selected candidates clear the basic tests. Reportedly, Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is also scheduled to visit the ISS in October for his next film, backed by NASA and Elon Musk.

Russian space agency Roscosmos and China's National Space Administration (CNSA) have joined hands to build a lunar space station. As per the Roscosmos official statement, the collaboration aims for a "complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface and/or in the orbit of the moon." The CNSA, however, affirmed that any interested country can participate in the project, for which the Chinese claims to be its biggest space… read-more