Russia's Moon Lander Crashing Is a Catastrophe for Its Space Program

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft slammed into the lunar surface over the weekend, a big setback for the country's space ambitions.

A lot was riding on the mission. The country's space program, Rocosmos, has alreadyfrom the international space community due to Russia's belligerence, forcing it to blaze its own path.brief Roscosmos update

posted to Telegram — and that's a catastrophe for the credibility of the country's struggling space program, as modern-day Russia fails to follow up on the successes of the USSR. According to a "preliminary analysis" by Rocosmos, the craft "switched to an off-design orbit" right before it crashed. "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," the state corporation wrote, as translated by Google. "The management team is currently analyzing the situation."

The demise of Luna-25 couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency. With the International Space Station's days

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