Days before landing, Russia's Moon sat detects an emergency
Sunday, 20 August 2023 In a global race to first reach the South pole side of the Moon, which remains a virgin territory for humans till now and is supposed to possess water ice in permanently shadowed areas, the Russian spacecraft is scheduled to land on north of the Boguslawsky crater. India's Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to make the Moon landing on Wednesday, two days after the Luna-25 touchdown.
The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.
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