On Saturday, Aug. 19th, Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft suffered an engine malfunction and crashed its lunar lander on the Moon's surface.
Luna-25 was to be followed by two more robotic landers that would explore the South Pole-Aitken Basin and scout locations and resources for the future ILRS – a program created in response to the. This failure underscores Russia’s decline as a space power since the days of the Space Race and delivered a blow to the country’s space program when it really needed a win.
The failure is good news for the India Space Research Organization , which has been in competition with Roscosmos to get theirVikramrover that is scheduled to land on Wednesday, August 23rd, at 05:20 PM India Standard Time . As Zak reported, the competition to “get their first” may have played a role in the failure:
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