2023-08-21 00:02:00
The Russian spacecraft Luna-25 collided with the Moon, after spinning in an uncontrolled orbit, because of a technical failure, this Sunday, 20.
According to the country’s space agency Roscosmos“the apparatus entered an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface.”
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A Roscosmos said it lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday, the 19th, after the probe malfunctioned as it prepared for orbit before landing.
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???? URGENT: Russia’s Luna25 Space Mission that was due to land on the Moon in the next few days suffered an orbital adjustment burn failure.
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“During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be carried out with the specified parameters”, said the Roscosmos.
Russian Spacecraft Mission to the Moon
The spacecraft was scheduled to land at the moon’s south pole on Monday, the 21st. Russia is seeking to lock onto the star before the space agency does. In 2019, she also saw her module crash into the Moon.
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The lunar south pole attracts the interest of scientists who believe that permanently shadowed polar craters may contain water.
Water frozen in rocks could be turned into air and fuel for rockets in the future. The launch earlier this month was Russia’s first since 1976, when it was part of the Soviet Union.
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