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Russia’s Luna 25 lunar lander left a 33-foot-wide crater when it crashed into the moon, NASA photos reveal

When Russia’s Luna 25 lunar probe crashed into the moon on Aug. 19, the affect probably created a 33-foot-wide (10 meters) crater, based on new pictures launched by NASA. 

The Russian moon lander was anticipated to the touch down on the south pole of the moon round Aug. 25, the place it was set to assist researchers seek for water ice, study lunar rocks and analyze the moon’s surrounding ambiance for a 12 months earlier than returning to Earth. Nevertheless, issues took a flip for the more serious on Aug. 19, when “communication with the Luna 25 spacecraft was interrupted” following an try to regulate the spacecraft’s orbit, the Russian area company, Roscosmos, introduced on the social media community Telegram.

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