From liftoff to lunar crash: The visual chronicle of Russia's Luna 25 mission

Luna 25 crashed: Russia's first moon mission since the Soviet era ended in failure as its Luna-25 spacecraft lost control

Published on Aug 20, 2023 06:19 PM IST 11 Photos
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A model of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 is on display at an exposition of the international military-technical forum Army-2023 at Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre in the Moscow region, Russia, on August 18.(REUTERS)

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The photograph released by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on August 7 shows technicians finishing assembling a Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Luna-25 lander ahead of its launch scheduled for August 11.(Roscosmos via AFP)

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The photograph released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos on July 13, 2023, shows the Luna-25 rover installed by technicians at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region. (Roscosmos via AFP)

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The Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 is rolled out onto the launchpad ahead of its upcoming launch at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region, Russia, August 8(Roscosmos via REUTERS)

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The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna 25 automatic station is set at a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on August 8.(Roscosmos via AP)

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