The doomed Russian Luna 25 lander crashed on August 21, with its crater now discernable on the Moon’s surface.
in a NASA statement released earlier today, the newly formed crater spans about 32.8 feet in width, as confirmed by LROC imagery.NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University/Gizmodo
The LRO’s prior image of the same location was taken back on June 27, 2022, which means the newly spotted crater had to have formed after that date; the new image, showing the crater, was taken on August 24 at 2:15 p.m. ET. Given the proximity of this new crater to Luna 25's predicted crash site, the LRO team figures that this nascent lunar feature is likely from the failed mission and not from a naturally occurring cause.For you Moon geography nerds, the fresh crater rests at 57.
The Luna 25 mission, marking Russia’s return to lunar exploration after 47 years, ended abruptly with a loss of communication just before its crash. In contrast,Advertisement
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