The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.
An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.
“During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.
This was entirely shocking and unforeseen seeing how well all of Russia’s recent space tech has performed
Quick, blame the west!
Hexbear: ITS THE LIBS FAULT
On one side I’m saddened by the scientific loss. But I’m also a bit relieved that the vatniks don’t get to use it for propaganda purposes.
For those wondering, and who didn’t read the article:
It’s not yet clear if the issue will prevent the lunar lander, which was slated to land near the moon’s south pole as soon as Monday, from attempting a touchdown.
Well it did and it crashed into the moon surface instead it seems
The Russian Lander approches the lunar surface. Pieces of it are rattling and shaking as it makes it way in. Huge chunks of paint have fallen off, revealing the skin of a Lebedenko Tank underneath and a Jerry-rigged Ukrainian toilet
Russian Government: " We have lost contact with the greatest lander ever made. This is obviously the handmarks of Westren jealousy."
that government can’t get anything to work. they should invest some research points on meritocracy if they want to advance before Ghandi nukes them.
They already spent all the points on corruption.
Is it manned? I hope the cosmonauts get home safe regardless of nationality
It is not manned.
The next manned mission is Artemis 3 in 2025.
And that’s a US mission for clarity of those who don’t follow this topic closely. China also has planned a manned mission to the moon by the end of the decade and all of these countries (India, Russia, US and China) are all targeting the Moon’s south pole which is much more treacherous in terms of geographic features than previous Moon missions. The south pole has frozen water deposits and the eventual goal is to use this area as a refueling station for exploration further out into the solar system. Pretty exciting times!
It doesn’t look like it’s manned, just a robot
Wait you thought a Russian manned mission to the moon was happening and you hadn’t heard about it? That would be global news, mostly about the technical “how can they possibly attempt this?”
First manned mission to moon after 50 years would generate more press I assume.
Be interesting to see if they can sort it out prior to landing or what
But Putin was assured everything will go smoothly!
This moon aggressor is starting to make the administration look bad! It better be careful around any nearby windows…
I wander what ‘emergency situation’ is a euphemism for this time…
The Ukrainian space program finally reveals itself.
