amy lynn thompson is a science during listed space dot com. maybe you're joining us from orlando today. how much was set back? is this for russia? it's definitely a big one. this was the 1st mission in 50 years for russia. it was also the 1st mission under the flag of just russia because the last time they went to the moon, they were under the banner of the soviet union. so this was really a mission to prove themselves and say that they could, you know, handle interplanetary emissions was okay, so it's the 1st time that russia under a russian flag has flown, it has tried to land on the moon and it fail. what does that actually say about their space program where they're moving program? i mean what's, what's the problem here? is it the technology? is it the funding? what does it tell us? i believe it's a bit of both technology and funding and they were originally supposed to do this mission with the european space agency. but after they invaded the ukraine, um, everything sort of fell apart with partnerships around the world. so this was an opp

it's amy lynn thompson . she is a science journalist at space dot com. she joins us by skype from orlando. all right. we know this is a 5 day journey, $5.00 to $7.00 days lunar orbit touching down at the south pole. but why now? why is russia doing this now as well? um, this product has actually been under development for several years and was originally scheduled to launch in october of 2021. the technical delays pushed it back and then when they, when russia and the european space agency decided to part ways that delayed the spacecraft even more. so now there's a lot of um, competition i guess, to see who can get back to the moon. first. japan obviously had a failed attempt earlier this year is real, how to fail to times um a couple of years ago with their bare sheet lender. so really, it's kind of, um, you know, up in the air as to who's going to get their 1st and who's going to be successful, russia or india. and as i understand it's going to be almost like who's going to cross the finish line 1st because it seems that we may have the landing in the

while earlier i spoke with amy lynn thompson, a science journalist about this, a miss was the 1st mission in 50 years for russia. it was also the 1st mission under the flag of just russia, because the last time they went to the moon, they were under the banner of the soviet union. so this was really a mission to prove themselves and say that they could, you know, handle interplanetary missions. they were originally supposed to do this mission with the european space agency. but after they invaded the ukraine and everything sort of fell apart with partnerships around the world. so this was an opportunity to stay relevant and you know, this versioning field of everyone wanting to go to the moon. china has a lander on the far side of the moon. the united states has been to the moon countless times and are planning missions to go back. but in terms of other countries, you know, access to space is more readily available than it's ever been in history. so now all of these countries are trying to do the impossible to do the great things of, of getting to the moon and they're realizing that it's