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The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

Russia has been racing to the Moon's south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.

No country has ever landed on the south pole before, although both the US and China have landed softly on the Moon's surface.

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

I mean, who wouldn't support attacking schools and hospitals housing Nazis? Wouldn't you OP?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Hey, those schools and hospitals are very defensible positions!

Not to mention shopping malls...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wonder what happens to the spacecraft now. I guess it's just stuck there right?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The russian wording on the mission failure is something to behold. Luna-25 "ceased its existence".

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

wish there was video, probably looked pretty goofy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.

The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.

Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57pm (11:57 GMT) on Saturday.

"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon," it said in a statement.

Russia has been racing to the Moon's south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.


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