{"id":265064,"date":"2023-08-21T20:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/2023\/08\/21\/russias-first-moon-mission-in-47-years-fails-smashing-into-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T06:25:10","slug":"russias-first-moon-mission-in-47-years-fails-smashing-into-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2023\/08\/russias-first-moon-mission-in-47-years-fails-smashing-into-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s first moon mission in 47 years fails, smashing into the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news_content\">\n<p>Russia&#8217;s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into the moon. Luna-25 was supposed to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on Aug. 21, according to Russian space officials.<\/p>\n<p>Spacecraft encountered a debilitating problem while preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme. &#8220;The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon,&#8221; Roskosmos said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s state space corporation, Roskosmos, said an &#8220;abnormal situation&#8221; occurred as mission control tried to move the craft into a pre-landing orbit at 11:10 GMT on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It lost communication with the craft at 2:57 pm on Aug 19,2023 \u00a0(5.27 am IST on Aug 20,2023).<\/p>\n<p>Roskosmos said a special inter-departmental commission had been formed to investigate the reasons behind the loss of the Luna-25 craft, whose mission had raised hopes in Moscow that Russia was returning to the big power moon race.<\/p>\n<p>(reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2023\/08\/russias-first-moon-mission-in-47-years-fails-smashing-into-the-moon\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into the moon. Luna-25 was supposed to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on Aug. 21, according to Russian space officials. 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