Roscosmos Confirms Luna-25 Crash 

Credit: NASA
Russia’s first mission to the Moon in almost 50 years, Luna-25, crashed on the lunar surface, Roscosmos Space Corp. confirmed Aug 20. The mission started on Aug. 10 with launch of the 1,800-kg (4,000-lb.) spacecraft aboard a Russian Soyuz-2 Fregat rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. After a five...

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