# @reuters on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvzyHQxMGZM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8218181-reuters-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-11T15:20:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Reuters (@Reuters) — https://gondola.cc/Reuters

## Caption

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

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