An artist's depiction of a lunar lander in Russia's second-generation Luna program. Russia's first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country's space agency reported on ...

Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, confirmed on Monday that its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon due to engine failure. The Luna-25, a pilotless mission aiming to become the first to land on ...

It's been said before but often bears repeating: space is hard. Simply reaching orbit around Earth is no simple feat, and making it to the lunar surface has proven vexing, even for space programs that ...

Russia's first lunar lander mission in 47 years ended in failure when Luna-25 crashed into the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage and animation courtesy: Roscosmos | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

The Russian space probe, Luna 25 has sent its first picture of the moon. This was announced by the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos on telegram. According to it, the image shows the southern polar ...

Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Luna-25 lunar station blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of Russia's Far East on Aug. 11, 2023. (Credit: Getty Images/Xinhua News Agency) ...

A self-capatured image of Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft in space. Credit: Roscosmos HELSINKI — Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said Sunday. The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be ...