LRO Observes Crater Likely from Luna 25 Impact
Russian Lander was Lost on August 19
NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged a new crater on the Moon’s surface that is likely the impact site of Russia’s Luna 25 mission. During its descent, Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact the surface of the Moon on Aug. 19.
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, published an estimate of the impact point on Aug.…
