The Russian news agency Tass said today, Sunday, that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed on the surface of the moon, after it lost contact with it.
The Russian space agency said that the Luna 25 spacecraft collided with the moon and lost contact with it, according to the Russian news website Sputnik.
The agency said that, according to preliminary calculations, the Luna-25 spacecraft turned out of orbit, collided with the moon and no longer existed, as a result of its collision with the lunar surface.
And the agency said in a statement, today, Sunday, that “according to preliminary estimates, due to a deviation in the vehicle’s operational parameters from those that were planned, the Luna 25 spacecraft shifted to an orbit other than its intended one and was destroyed as a result of a collision with the lunar surface.”
The Luna-25 flight is the first Russian space mission to the Moon in 47 years.
Unusual incident
And yesterday, Saturday, Russian media reports stated that the Luna-25 spacecraft had an unusual accident during its mission to the moon, indicating that this matter prevented it from moving to the pre-landing orbit level, according to the standards and settings specified for this purpose.
And a statement issued yesterday, Saturday, by the Russian “Ross Cosmos” foundation said:
Today, according to the Luna-25 flight program, at 14:10 a push was given to move the vehicle into orbit before the descent phase. “During that operation, an emergency occurred on board the vehicle, which did not allow it to perform the maneuver according to specified standards.
The institution pointed out that specialists are currently working on analyzing this situation.
Luna-25 spacecraft
Russia launched the Luna-25 spacecraft from the Vostochny cosmodrome on August 11. On August 13, “Ross Cosmos” announced the operation of the spacecraft’s scientific instruments for space research, for the first time with the “Luna-25” spacecraft. Luna-25 is the first automatic vehicle launched in modern Russian history to the south pole of the moon. The main objective of the “Luna-25” mission is to implement a soft landing on the lunar surface in the south pole region. The rover will detect whether that area contains water or ice particles. Luna-25 is one of four lunar rovers and explorers, namely Luna-26, Luna-27 and Luna-28.
It is worth noting that the vehicle is expected to land on the moon on August 21.
And “Ross Cosmos” revealed that the Luna-25 spacecraft took the first pictures of the Zeeman crater in the south polar region on the dark side of the moon.
The “Zeman” crater is a unique location on the surface of the moon, and it is of great interest to researchers, as the height of the bump surrounding it reaches 8 kilometers above the relatively flat bottom surface.
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2023-08-20 08:10:36
