MOSCOW: The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing maneuvers, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.
Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57 p.m. on Saturday, Roscosmos said.According to preliminary findings, the lander 'has ceased to exist following a collision with the Moon's surface.''Measures taken on August 19 and 20 to locate the craft and make contact with it were unsuccessful,' the space agency added.It said a ministerial investigation would be launched into the causes of the crash, without giving any indication of what technical problems might have occurred.
This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 1, 2023, shows technicians preparing the Luna-25 rover for the launch at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region. AFP PHOTO / Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / handoutSpace race But on Saturday, Roscosmos said an 'emergency' had been detected during a maneuver by the probe prior to its Moon landing, preventing the operation from being carried out.
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