The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, officials say.

The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole, but failed after encountering issues as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia’s first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.

Roskosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, said it lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after running into difficulties.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    Tankies used to care about communism. Now they’re just anti-western. They will not question if Russia or China are actually communist because it doesn’t matter. They don’t care about worker protections or freedoms. They only care about “owning the west.”

    • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I find them rather funny… I’m antiamerican and leftist but many seem to think that it’s a binary and we must choose.

      Having actually lived and worked in China for the CPC, I find their idolizing of the modern Chinese nation-state a bit laughable