Russia’s first moon mission in decades fails after spacecraft collides with surface: The incident happened after communication with the spacecraft was interrupted, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/world/luna-25-spacecraft-moon-collision-intl/index.html
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Not surprised that the Russian rocketry community has been gutted by the war. Combine the ruthless jailing and oppression of scientists (ex. designers of the Kinzhal after it got intercepted) with the current toxic wartime culture and the waves of conscription, and this is what happens. Maybe if they ask nicely they can attach a probe to India’s next lander.
As much as the Russian government sucks it still really hurts to see a spacecraft die like this. Hopefully they can get some info out of the mission to help diagnose what went wrong.
