cbs : The Russian Space Agency says it will send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the country’s Far East.
Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the rocket booster would deliver a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) space exploration vehicle with up to 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of scientific equipment that would search for water and take soil samples.