Russia’s Luna-25 space craft ‘ceased to exist’ after colliding with the Moon.
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It would have been its first lunar landing in almost 50 years.
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    In a statement, the organization reported that the lander “ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon.” It would’ve been the country’s first Moon landing since 1976.

    India plans for it to set down on the Moon’s south pole — the same region of the surface targeted by Luna-25 — on August 23rd.

    Luna-25’s mission, after landing, was to study the Moon’s south pole ice to gain insight into the satellite’s formation.

    The unnamed scientist said the study would help determine whether the Moon formed independently, or if it was instead blasted apart from the Earth by an extraterrestrial impact.

    This mission is an unfortunate setback for Roscosmos, which Russia has starved of funding in favor of its military, writes BBC.

    The ISRO also reported a failure the same year as it lost contact with the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander as it crashed on descent.

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