The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.

An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.

“During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.

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    1 year ago

    On one side I’m saddened by the scientific loss. But I’m also a bit relieved that the vatniks don’t get to use it for propaganda purposes.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately I’m with you on this one. If this really fails, it helps a little bit with the war in Ukraine. Not much, but still…

      Really sucks that we’re at this point.