Luna-25 Crashes on Moon

On 20th August, 2023, the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, issued a statement stating that the Luna-25 spacecraft had suffered a glitch and crashed on the moon’s surface the previous day, ending the mission in a failure.

  • Russia's Luna-25 developed problems during its attempt to enter a pre-landing orbit, leading to an emergency situation and loss of contact.
  • Roscosmos reported that the deviation of impulse parameters caused Luna-25 to switch to an off-design orbit and collide with the lunar surface.
  • Luna-25 was Russia's latest Moon mission, following the Soviet Union's last successful lunar landing in 1976 with Luna-24.
  • China’s Chang'e-3, ....
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