Luna 25

Why Russia's Luna-25 crash-landed into the Moon

Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after a wayward orbital manoeuvre sent it into an unexpected trajectory. The news is a big setback to Russia, which was hoping to be the first country ever to land on the lunar surface’s south pole. It also is likely to delay Moscow’s series of Moon missions

Dark Side of the Moon: Russia’s Luna-25 was not a complete failure, revealed something crucial

Although Russia's Luna-25 crashed hard on the Moon, it wasn't a complete failure. There were a lot of key things that the lunar mission shared during its flight. However, its crash landing highlighted some crucial aspects of the Moon, and why during polar landings, things go wrong

Russia's Moon Mission Luna-25 crashes into the Moon: Reports

The incident marks a significant setback in Russia's lunar exploration efforts and has drawn attention from the global space community

Race to the Moon: Why Chandrayaan-3’s journey has been longer than Luna-25

Launched on 14 July, Chandrayaan-3 entered Moon's orbit on 5 August. On the other hand, Luna-25 lifted off on 11 August and reached the lunar orbit around five days later. While Russia’s mission took a direct trajectory to Earth’s only natural satellite, India’s spacecraft went on a circuitous route

Closing The Gap: Russia's Luna 25 enters moon orbit, likely to beat Chandrayaan-3 to the Moon

Russia's Roscosmos has successfully placed the Luna-25 space craft on its planned orbit of the moon. The Luna-25 reached its lunar orbit, in a record 5 days, and will soon start making its way to the lunar surface for a soft landing

Russia to evacuate village for launch of first lunar lander mission in half century

The Luna-25 lunar lander, Russia's first since 1976, will be launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, some 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow, according to Russia's Roscosmos space agency.

Russia will delay lunar mission due to 'problems' during its Luna-25 spacecraft test: Roscosmos

The country's space agency announced last week that the mission -- originally scheduled for 1 October -- from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East had been moved to May 2022.