Russia fails to restart space exporation program, eyes Chinese cooperation
Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Aug 24, 2023
This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft "switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface". Yet, in an interview aired on state television, the agency's chief, Yuri Bor