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LRO Observes Crater Likely from Luna 25 Impact

Russian Lander was Lost on August 19

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Tom Patton
Sep 06, 2023
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Luna 25 Crash Site Before (left) and After (right)

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.…

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