The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.
An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.
“During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.
This was entirely shocking and unforeseen seeing how well all of Russia’s recent space tech has performed
Quick, blame the west!
I made the mistake of replying to a comment on hexbear that was erroneously claiming Ukraine started the war, dudes are absolutely deranged.
The original 2014 conflict did start because the Russian speaking population panicked when the pro west and Ukrainian nationalists took over in the revolution. There legitimately were Nazis in positions of power then, though as far as I know it was much better by 2022.
Policies like removing russian language rights didn’t help either. So while obviously a large part falls on Russia for invading and trying to fulfil their imperialist ambitions Ukraine is not as innocent as it seems either.
Have a look at this to see why russian minorities would be concerned https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine#Ukrainization_in_modern_Ukraine
On one side I’m saddened by the scientific loss. But I’m also a bit relieved that the vatniks don’t get to use it for propaganda purposes.
For those wondering, and who didn’t read the article:
It’s not yet clear if the issue will prevent the lunar lander, which was slated to land near the moon’s south pole as soon as Monday, from attempting a touchdown.
The Russian Lander approches the lunar surface. Pieces of it are rattling and shaking as it makes it way in. Huge chunks of paint have fallen off, revealing the skin of a Lebedenko Tank underneath and a Jerry-rigged Ukrainian toilet
Russian Government: " We have lost contact with the greatest lander ever made. This is obviously the handmarks of Westren jealousy."