Rub it in: NASA orbiter may have found Russian lander crash site

Officials at NASA believe they have found the crash site of the Luna-25 spacecraft, Russia’s failed lunar lander.

The space agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a new crater on the Moon’s surface last week that had not been there before, leading NASA to conclude that the location is likely the impact site of Luna-25. The crash occurred Aug. 19 after Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported it had lost contact with the robot lander and it spun into an uncontrolled orbit.

“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon,” read a statement from the agency.

[DYING at that last sentence… ~ Beege]