Lost in Space: Russia Confirms That Luna-25 Has Crashed in the Moon Surface After Failed Orbital Maneuver
In a sad development for the Russian space program and for lovers of space exploration all over the world, space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that, following an emergency – or glitch – the Lunar-25 went into a wrong orbital trajectory, and ended up crashing into the surface of the moon.
Space.com reported:
“Russia’s first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country’s space agency reported on Sunday (Aug. 20).
The Luna-25 lander, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon as early as Monday (Aug. 21), crashed into the moon after an orbital maneuver went wrong yesterday (Aug. 19), officials with Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said.
