Russia Plans New Moon Probe
Want to launch unmanned craft in 2015
Russia will launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015, the first step in a new push toward establishing a fully robotic lunar station, according to press reports.
The new moon orbiter, called Luna-Glob, should be ready for launch in two years and is expected to be the first of four missions to establish a lunar base, Russia's RIA Novosti reported today.
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