Luna 25 was a Russian lunar lander, the first Russian mission to the Moon since Luna 24 in 1976, and a symbol of the revival of its space program. It was launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, and aimed to land near the Moon's south pole, where scientists believe that water ice may lie in permanently shadowed craters. The craft reached lunar orbit and was preparing to descend, but a thruster burn went wrong, and it left its planned orbit and crashed on the lunar surface. A review commission blamed a flaw in the control unit. A successful landing was achieved shortly afterward by the Indian mission Chandrayaan-3, near the same region.
Before and after
- 5 July 2023Launch of Threads
- 14 July 2023Launch of Chandrayaan-3
- 17 July 2023July 2023 Crimean Bridge explosion
- 26 July 20232023 Nigerien coup d'état
- 10 August 2023Launch of Luna 25
- 23 August 20232023 Wagner Group plane crash
- 23 August 2023Chandrayaan-3 lands near the lunar south pole
- September 2023Storm Daniel
- 6 September 2023September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
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