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With less than 48 hours left for the Chandrayaan-3's scheduled soft-landing on the lunar surface, India will be witnessing the last most crucial 20 minutes on Wednesday. Chandrayaan 3 mission According to reports citing experts, the last 20 minutes will be all about the spacecraft softly landing on the site. The space agency also shared a video of images of …

Russian space agency chief reveals reasons for Luna-25 lander's crash on Moon I Details inside

Nearly a day after Russia's most touted lunar mission crashed into the moon, the Russian space chief blamed decades of inactivity for the Luna-25 lander's crash. The space agency on Monday said that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country's decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. Russia's race …

Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander's crash on the moon

The head of Russia's space agency said on August 21 that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country's decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said the spacecraft's engines were turned on over the weekend to put Luna-25 into a “pre-landing …

Russian space agency chief blames decades of inactivity for Luna-25 lander’s crash on the moon

LONDON — The head of Russia’s space agency said Monday that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. Roscosmos Director General Yury Borisov said the spacecraft’s engines were turned on over the weekend to put Luna-25 into a “pre-landing …