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August 11, 2023
On August 11, 2023, luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The year's #1 song was "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen.
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Featured · August 11, 2023
Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-era Luna 24 in 1976, and was intended to be the first spacecraft ever to land near the lunar south pole. The spacecraft was manufactured by NPO Lavochkin and carried 30 kg (66 lb) of scientific instruments, including instruments for analyzing lunar regolith and measuring plasma in the exosphere.
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2023 (MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
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On August 11, 2023
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2023 Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Failed Russian lunar lander
Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-era Luna 24 in 1976, and was intended to be the first spacecraft ever to land near the lunar south pole. The spacecraft was manufactured by NPO Lavochkin and carried 30 kg (66 lb) of scientific instruments, including instruments for analyzing lunar regolith and measuring plasma in the exosphere.
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- April 10 A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded.
- April 11 During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.
- April 13 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
- April 14 The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency.
- April 20 SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight.
- April 4 Finland becomes a member of NATO after Turkey accepts its membership request.
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