Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon

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Russia's first moon mission in 47 years failed after its
_una-25 spacecraft smashed into moon on Aug 20
Roskosmos, Russia's space corporation, said it had lost
contact with the craft shortly after a problem occurred. This
development came soon after the craft was shunted into
pre-landing orbit on Aug 19. An incident occurred, while the
spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit according
to Roscosmos. Interestingly, Russia had not attempted a
moon mission since Luna-24 in 1976. Luna-25 was
supposed to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the
moon on Aug 21, as per Russian space officials. Luna-25
took off from the Vostochny launch facility in Russia's Fa
East, the Russia-based TASS news agency reported
Veanwhile, India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 is or
track. Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon on August
23, 2023 (Wednesday). The spacecraft is now just three-day
away from its final destination, the moon's south pole

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