“A special directorate has been created in Roscosmos, I myself headed it to control all the nuances, all the elements of lunar preparation ... These are new tasks and prospects for our manned astronautics,” he said in his congratulations.
Rogozin recalled that in 2021 the automatic station "Luna-25" will go to the moon from the Vostochny cosmodrome.
"We are starting the exploration of the southern plus of the Moon, first by automatic spacecraft, and in the future we are preparing expeditions," he added.
Earlier Rogozin said that "in 2021, Roskosmos will start implementing a program for researching the moon and deep space."