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Luna 25
Russian spacecraft
Also known as: Luna-Glob
Luna 25, Russian uncrewed spacecraft designed to study the Moon. Luna 25 (originally called Luna-Glob, Russian for “Moon-Globe”) consisted of a probe that was designed to land near the Moon’s south pole, where there is likely water ice under the surface. It launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on August 11, 2023. It was Russia’s first probe to the Moon since Luna 24 in 1976. Luna 25 failed to enter the correct orbit for its planned landing and crashed into the Moon on August 20, 2023.
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