A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster on a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster on a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
  • On Friday, Russia returns to lunar exploration with its first expected moon landing since 1976.
  • But one village in Russia's Far East, which could be hit by falling rocket debris, is being evacuated.
  • Residents will go to a designated spot for a complimentary breakfast to wait and witness the launch.

Russia is evacuating residents of a village in its Far East due to concerns that fragments of the rocket boosters used to launch the country's first lunar lander since 1976 could potentially fall on it, according to a local official.