CNN —The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.
Russia’s Luna 25 lander mission marked the country’s first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the moon since the Soviet era.
The last lunar lander, Luna 24, landed on the lunar surface on August 18, 1976.
Luna 25’s trajectory allowed it to surpass India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, which launched in mid-July, on the way to the lunar surface.
Safely landing a spacecraft on the lunar surface would mark a huge step for Russia’s space program.
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