Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon

I didn't know they have schools on the moon. Or was it a power station?

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

Yeah, Russia should be like heckin' wholesome NASA and their peaceful apolitical former SS officers who never bombed any hospitals or schools instead.

Aww man…

I like it when space stuff works and when it explodes it makes me sad :(

(Unless there’s a billionaire on board)

Comments exactly what I expected. Disappointed how many people here are knee jerk celebrating the failure. Feels like being in a room full of Republicans when someone says anything about Mexico or Islam.

I hope they fix their shit for Luna 26 for the sake of science and human discovery.

Special lunar operation.

“This is all the West’s fault!”

What's the problem. It was a lunar lander. It landed on the moon. Mission accomplished.

Obviously it was not a moon rocket, but a Drone aimed for Kiev.

Well, hopefully India has more success.

The fall of the Soviet Union and its consequences for the human race

As someone fond of science, its kinda heart breaking as many people spends decades of work to make this stuff and their dreams get crushed when these fail. Hope they fix and launch another one.

The US should put a lander together out of trash for shits and giggles and have it land perfectly.

Aw man that sucks

Of course the BBC has to throw in that bit of kkkracker cope at the end. Nevermind how challenging a south pole landing would be relative to elsewhere on the moon.

:bathroom:

I always suspected that it was just a missile painted like a rocket.

It seems that a dish washer's controller isn't suitable for moon landing after all.

Good news:

moon's no longer haunted

Hexbear's reaction to the news

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

I mean, who wouldn't support attacking schools and hospitals housing Nazis? Wouldn't you OP?

American components, Russian components. All made in Taiwan.

I wonder what happens to the spacecraft now. I guess it's just stuck there right?

wish there was video, probably looked pretty goofy

The russian wording on the mission failure is something to behold. Luna-25 "ceased its existence".

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.

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

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.

Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57pm (11:57 GMT) on Saturday.

"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon," it said in a statement.

Russia has been racing to the Moon's south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.

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Testing a new lithobraking maneuver.

No mention on a cause in this article, curious what it was

This crash feels so symbolic it correlates with their economy and their president ego.

Whoops 👀

Ah yes, lithobreking.

It didn't fail! It was an attack, and it was a great success!

There will be no arguments over whether they got there...

Thats the end for Ross kosmos.