Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Russia’s space agency successfully launched a robotic spacecraft Thursday on a journey to the Moon, the country’s first lunar explorer since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 sample return mission in 1976.

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Editor’s Note (8/21/23): On August 20 Russia’s space agency announced that a glitch had caused the Luna-25 spacecraft to crash into the moon, ending the mission. Half a century after the cold war ...

Russia's first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country's space agency reported on Sunday (Aug. 20). "At about 14:57 Moscow time [on Aug. 19], communication with the ...