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The Russian Academy of Sciences and Roscosmos held a meeting to prepare for the launch of the Luna-26, Luna-27A and Luna-27B space stations.
The Russian lunar program is going according to plan, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) Gennady Krasnikov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, recently the Russian Academy of Sciences held a meeting with the state corporation Roscosmos, at which they considered the Luna-26, Luna-27A and Luna-27B stations, which should go to the Moon in the coming years. “Everything is going according to plan,” said the head of the academy.
Krasnikov assured that “everything is under control.”
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