Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show | Reuters
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MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Russia's failed Luna-25 mission left a 10-metre wide crater on the moon when it crashed last month after a problem preparing for a soft landing on the south pole, according to images released by NASA.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged a new crater on the surface of the moon that it concluded was the likely the impact site of Russia's Luna 25 mission.
A Russian spacecraft crashed on the moon last month. NASA says it's discovered where.
When the LRO team compared the new images to ones that were taken before the impact, in June 2022, they found a new crater.
"Since this new crater is close to the Luna-25 estimated impact point, the LRO team concludes it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor," the agency wrote in a statement.
NASA orbiter spies likely lunar crater from Russia's Luna 25 crash | CNN
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A new crater has appeared on the moon, and it was likely created when Russia's uncrewed Luna 25 mission crashed into the lunar surface .
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