Moon Mission

Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme. Russia’s state space corporation, Roskosmos, said it had lost contact with…

Russia's Lunar lander failed on approach and crashed into the surface of the moon on Sunday, marking an end to Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years. Russia's spaceflight group, Roskosmos, announced the failure in a statement, saying the craft ran into a problem as it attempt to enter a…

Science Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once-mighty space program. Country's 1st moon mission in 47 years fails ahead of planned landing…

A Roscosmos photo showing Luna-25 on its flight to the Moon on August 16. Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, the Luna-25 probe, has crashed on the Moon's surface after an unspecified incident during pre-landing maneuvers, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Sunday. The crash comes almost a…

Synopsis Russia's first mission to the moon in nearly 45 years has failed, as its Luna-25 spacecraft reportedly spun out of control and collided with the moon. Planned to execute a soft landing at the South Pole on 21 August, the mission was intended to return to the glory days…

Last Updated: 20th August, 2023 16:11 IST Russia's 47-year anticipation for lunar exploration ended as Luna-25 lander crashed into the Moon due to an off-design orbit shift. Graphical representation of Russia's Luna-25 mission. | Image: Roscosmos Luna-25, the Russian spacecraft, crashed into the Moon after  unexpectedly shifting into an off-design orbit,…

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Reuters File Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years looked to be on the verge of disaster when Moscow…

Russia moon mission failsLuna-25 crashes into the moonFailure is a blow to Russian space prestigeSoviet space veteran: Luna-25 was my last hopeMOSCOW, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a…

Editor’s Note (8/21/23): On August 20 Russia’s space agency announced that a glitch had caused the Luna-25 spacecraft to crash into the moon, ending the mission. Half a century after the cold war drove the Soviet Union to send a host of robots to the moon, Russia is attempting a lunar return…

Russia launched a spacecraft Friday that is headed to the moon — its first attempt since 1976, around when the Soviet Union and United States were in deep competition for space dominance during the Cold War. Moscow is hoping to make history, in a race to be the first country…