WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Thursday, in a bid to be the first power to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted deposits of water ice.
The launch was livestreamed by Russia's space agency.
(Reporting by Joey Roulette; Editing by Jamie Freed)
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