Russia’s first lunar mission in almost 50 years did not go as they had hoped. On Saturday, reports came that their space probe ran into some trouble during the landing attempt. The Russians lost contact with Luna-25, writes the technology website Ars Technia. This is what Luna-25 looked like before it was finished and ready for launch last month. Photo: AFP Subsequently, it was confirmed that Luna-25 has crashed into the moon after spinning around in an uncontrolled orbit. – The device entered an unpredictable orbit before it ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface, says the Federal Russian Space Agency, or Roskosmos, according to Reuters. The hunt for water Thus, the Russians did not become the first to land on the moon’s south pole, in a race that they hoped to win against India, which is scheduled to land on the moon on 23 August. The plan was for Luna-25 to look for frozen water at the South Pole, where researchers have seen traces of ice in craters. Many scientists believe that the craters may contain water. Roskosmos is now analyzing the situation to find out what went wrong. – During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be carried out with the specified parameters, they wrote.
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