Russia’s special operation on the moon failed

Stefan Mileschin · 22nd August 2023, 07:05

Luna 25 a smear on the surface

That nice Mr Putin’s attempt to show Russian technological superiority by returning to the moon while fighting an unpopular war seems to have gone the same way.

Russia's first lunar mission in decades has failed with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon's surface.,

The incident, a blow to Russia's space ambitions, happened after communication with the robotic spacecraft was interrupted.

Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said it lost touch with Luna 25 on Saturday around 2:57 p.m. when it seemed that the Luna-25 "switched to an off-design orbit."

However the day before the spacecraft reported an "emergency " as it was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.

The Russians under the Soviets were rather good at landing on the moon although the last time they did this was 18 August 18, 1976. After that, the programme was abandoned because by then the US had put humans and a small car on the moon which was kind of cool.

Since then the Russian space programme has faced problems with quality control, corruption and funding and now appears to have lost the knack of landing things.
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22nd August 2023, 07:05	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,931	Russia’s special operation on the moon failed Luna 25 a smear on the surface That nice Mr Putin’s attempt to show Russian technological superiority by returning to the moon while fighting an unpopular war seems to have gone the same way. Russia's first lunar mission in decades has failed with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon's surface., The incident, a blow to Russia's space ambitions, happened after communication with the robotic spacecraft was interrupted. Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said it lost touch with Luna 25 on Saturday around 2:57 p.m. when it seemed that the Luna-25 "switched to an off-design orbit." However the day before the spacecraft reported an "emergency " as it was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos. The Russians under the Soviets were rather good at landing on the moon although the last time they did this was 18 August 18, 1976. After that, the programme was abandoned because by then the US had put humans and a small car on the moon which was kind of cool. Since then the Russian space programme has faced problems with quality control, corruption and funding and now appears to have lost the knack of landing things. https://fudzilla.com/news/57449-russ...he-moon-failed

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