Russian National Space Group: "Lunar-25" probe has lost contact and landed | probe | Moon
On August 20th local time, the Russian National Space Corporation announced that the Lunar-25 probe has been lost. According to preliminary speculation, the probe entered an unplanned orbit and collided with the surface of the moon.
It is reported that the cause of detector disconnection will be investigated by a specially established interdepartmental committee.
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On the 19th, the Russian National Space Group announced that the Russian "Lunar-25" probe encountered an anomaly while performing orbit change control to enter the landing preparation orbit, and could not operate according to the predetermined parameters. The control group experts are currently analyzing the abnormal situation of the probe.
On the 11th of this month, the Lunar-25 spacecraft took off from the Eastern Space Launch Site in the Far East region of Russia on the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket and successfully entered lunar orbit on the 16th. According to the plan, "Lunar-25" will make a soft landing at the South Pole of the Moon on the 21st. If successful, "Lunar-25" will become the first probe in human history to land at the South Pole of the Moon. It is reported that the main task of the "Lunar-25" mission is to improve soft landing technology and conduct research on the internal structure and soil of the moon. Multiple cameras are installed on the probe to capture panoramic images of the moon and track the landing process.