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Elizabeth Howell

Russia's Luna-25 lander just crash-landed on the moon, space agency confirms

An artist's depiction of a lunar lander in Russia's second-generation Luna program.

Russia's first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country's space agency reported on Sunday (Aug. 20). 

The Luna-25 lander, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon as early as Monday (Aug. 21), crashed into the moon after an orbital maneuver went wrong yesterday (Aug. 19), officials with Russia's Roscosmos space agency said.

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