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NEW DELHI: After a gap of nearly 50 years, Russia is planning to launch a lunar mission on August 11 and enter the race to become the first nation to land a rover on the Moon's south pole -- a potential source of water to support a future human presence there.India has a head start with its Chandrayaan-3, which was launched on July 14. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has said they are planning to make a soft landing around August 23.Read Also‘I am feeling lunar gravity,’...