A Russian spacecraft on a mission to the moon crashed and lost contact, according to Russia's space agency.
August 20, 2023, 5:41 AMA picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 during its flight to the moon shows the mission emblem and the bucket of the lunar manipulator complex, August 15, 2023.An uncrewed Russian spacecraft spun out of control during orbit and crashed into the moon, according to the country's space agency.
The Luna 25 craft lost contact following the crash on Saturday, Roscosmos told Interfax, a Russian news agency. "According to preliminary analysis, in light of deviation of the actual parameters from of the impulse from the estimated ones, the Luna 25 spacecraft entered an unplanned orbit and ceased to exist after colliding with the surface of the Moon," Roscosmos said.
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023.ABC News' Tanya Stukalova contributed to this story.
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