Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon -- Roscosmos
STORY: Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon -- Roscosmos
DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:57
LOCATION: Moscow
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SCIENCE
SHOTLIST:
1. file photo of Luna-25
2. illustration of the project
3. photo taken by Luna-25 on Aug. 15
4. photo of Moon surface taken by Luna-25 on Aug. 17
5. animated illustration of the project published by Roscosmos earlier
STORYLINE:
Russia's Luna-25 module has crashed into the moon after it went into an unplanned orbit, Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos said Sunday.
"At around 14:57 Moscow time (1157 GMT), the connection with the automatic lunar probe was lost," Roscosmos said in a statement.
"Preliminary analysis results show that a deviation between the actual and calculated parameters of the propulsion maneuver led the Luna-25 spacecraft to enter an undesignated orbit and it ceased to exist following a collision with the surface of the Moon," it said.
According to Roscosmos, a specially formed interdepartmental commission will
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