Luna 25 Update | Russia's First Moon Mission In Decades Ends In Crash Landing | Luna 25 Crash | N18V

Luna 25 Update | Russia's First Moon Mission In Decades Ends In Crash Landing | Luna 25 Crash | N18V

Russia’s Luna-25 has crashed on the Moon’s surface, the country’s space agency said Sunday, leaving India’s Chandrayaan-3 on course to become the first spacecraft to land near the lunar south pole.

On Sunday morning, Chandrayaan-3 moved into its pre-landing orbit of 25 km x 134 km from the lunar surface, in preparation for its scheduled landing on Wednesday. It is from this orbit that the spacecraft would begin its descent at around 5.45 pm IST on Wednesday. The touchdown is expected to happen after 15 minutes.

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