Launch Roundup: Russia to return to the Moon in Luna 25 mission, Virgin Galactic to complete first fully private space tourism flight
Published by NASASpaceflight on 08/07/2023
It’s a busy week in spaceflight, especially for Russia. The week of Aug. 7 following through to Aug. 13 will see Russia launch two missions to space, including the nation’s fourth-generation radio navigation satellite, GLONASS-K2, and Roscosmos’s first mission returning to the Moon in over four decades, dubbed Luna 25.
