The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering issues as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.

Roskosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said it lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after running into difficulties.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's probably too early for this to be a reason for the crash, but Russian brain drain after their full-scale Ukrainian invasion is real.

[–] uis 5 points 1 year ago

Brain-drain is going for last 20 years of Putin presidency