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.
Be interesting to see if they can sort it out prior to landing or what
No fan of Russian leaders but their engineers are great. Hope they can figure out the issue and avoid the political drama.
While roscosmos has been a bit of a powerhouse for ISS missions they seem to have difficulty with missions beyond GEO. I hope they are able to land successfully but I wouldn’t be betting on it.
Weren’t they mostly a powerhouse because America didn’t have launch capability for so long?
From what I remember, there’s a very heavy emphasis on engineering in Russia, and they produce more engineers than any other country. They may have some brain drain, but plenty to spare.
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.
ITT: libs breathing a sigh of relief that they can mock their racial enemy for something accurately for once in the last 2 years
Most of the comments I’ve seen seem to be mocking the Russian government, and are not based on race. I have a feeling you knew that before you made your comment though.
Yes, it’s very slightly different energy from calling them orcs, but I guess that’s because this event didn’t kill any of your favorite Nazis.
I agree that people saying things like that are racist/insensitive. I think it’s fair to have gripes with Russia’s actions, but extending those feelings to every individual Russian seems misplaced. I haven’t witnessed that in this thread yet though, so I think you’re generalizing.
ITT: libs breathing a sigh of relief that they can mock their racial enemy for something accurately for once in the last 2 years yet another neo-communist trying to defend a failed state actor
FTFY
But Putin was assured everything will go smoothly!
