Putin announces resumption of Russia's lunar program

STORY: Putin announces resumption of Russia's lunar program DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow plans to rekindle its lunar program while speaking at an awards ceremony for cosmonauts at the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE (Russian): VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President "We will continue to create a new generation transport ship and technologies for nuclear space energy, where we certainly have a very good and absolutely clear advantage. Let's resume the lunar program. We are talking about the launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome of an autonomous vehicle, the Luna-25 space robotic complex." Putin emphasized that they need to successfully meet the challenges in space exploration in order to more effectively solve national development tasks here on Earth, strengthen their security and technological sovereignty, create adva