A Soyuz 2.1 rocket carrying the Luna-25 lunar landing spacecraft blasts off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, August 11, 2023. Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water ice. 🔗 Read more at our link in bio. Roscosmos/Vostochny Space Centre/Handout #space #russia #reuters #reutersphotos #soyuz