“Luna-25”: there was a crash of the station

Luna-25 — was a domestically built vehicle that was to explore the Moon. It was sent on an expedition on August 11 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. But now it has been reported that the spacecraft has ceased to exist due to a collision with the Moon.

And now it has been reported that the spacecraft has ceased to exist due to a collision with the Moon.

According to the results of preliminary analysis, due to the deviation of actual momentum parameters from the calculated ones, the spacecraft «Luna-25» moved to an uncalculated orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the Moon’s surface

Roskosmos press-service

Presumably, the collision with the moon’s surface could have occurred either because of an error in the program that gave the descent command, or because of a technical malfunction in the vehicle itself.

The crash could have been caused by an error in the program that gave the descent command, or by a technical malfunction in the vehicle itself.

It has also been revealed that this vehicle will not be the only one of its kind. There are already plans to launch «Luna-26»

in 2027.