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title: New space moon race. History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.
description: Luna-25 sends first data to Russia. ISRO holds parachute testing for human spaceflight programs. China launches the first GEO SAR satellite. And more.
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# [New space moon race. History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/93)

 Written by [Alice Carruth](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/author/alice-carruth) | Aug 14, 2023 7:32:00 PM

 

Summary

The Russian Space Agency says that they are already processing data from Luna-25. The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted a series of drogue parachute deployment tests which will help their astronauts land safely from space. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp also announced that it launched the first geosynchronous orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite for disaster monitoring, and more.

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