The spacecraft Luna-25 may have already been lost, according to unverified chatter on Telegram. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW – Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years appeared close to failure after Moscow reported a problem shuntingRussian state space corporation Roscosmos said an “abnormal situation” occurred, as mission control tried to move the craft into a pre-landing orbit at 11.10pm GMT on Saturday , ahead of a planned touchdown slated for Monday.
Roscosmos said specialists were analysing the situation, but it has thus far given no further updates on Luna-25 since Saturday. Roscosmos did not answer repeated phone calls seeking comment on Sunday morning. Failure for the prestige mission would underscore the decline of Russia’s space power since its glory days during the Cold War, when Moscow was the first to launch a satellite to orbit the Earth – Sputnik 1, in 1957–- and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space in 1961.when Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Kremlin.
Russia has been racing against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is also scheduled to land on the moon’s south pole this week, and more broadly against China and the United States, which both have advanced lunar ambitions.
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