Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon

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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon aft spinning into an uncontrolled orbit, officials say.

The unmanned trade was owed to marque a brushed landing connected the Moon's southbound pole, but failed aft encountering issues arsenic it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia's archetypal Moon ngo successful astir 50 years.

The spacecraft was scheduled to onshore connected Monday to research a portion of the Moon which scientists deliberation could clasp frozen h2o and precious elements.

Roskosmos, Russia's authorities abstraction corporation, said it mislaid interaction with the Luna-25 soon aft moving into difficulties.