Russia's Luna-25 smashes into moon in failure

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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russias-moon-mission-falters-after-problem-entering-pre-landing-orbit-2023-08-20/

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Hopes lay on India for Chandrayaan-3.

That said this is a huge success for Russia who haven't even managed to escape Earth gravity since the Soviet Union existed.