Russia to launch first moon lander since 1976 in race with Indian spacecraft

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Russia will launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on August 11 in a race with India to the south pole of the moon, a potential source of water to support a future human presence there. The launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow, will take place four weeks after

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