NASA's LRO imaged a new Moon crater, likely the impact site of Russia's Luna 25 mission, which deviated from its intended landing point due to a descent anomaly. NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged a new crater on the Moon’s surface that is likely the impact site of
This GIF alternates between LRO views from June 27, 2020, and August 24, 2023 – before and after the appearance of a new impact crater likely from Russia’s Luna 25 mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University’s LRO imaged a new Moon crater, likely the impact site of Russia’s Luna 25 mission, which deviated from its intended landing point due to a descent anomaly.
During its descent, Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact the surface of the Moon on August 19. LROC NAC image enlarged four times centered on the likely Luna 25 crater. Image width is 275 meters; north is up. . Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University The new crater is about 10 meters in diameter and is located at 57.865 degrees south latitude and 61.360 degrees east longitude at an elevation of about minus 360 meters. The impact point was on the steep inner rim of Pontécoulant G crater, about 400 kilometers short of Luna 25’s intended landing point at 69.545 degrees south, 43.544 degrees east.Luna 25, also designated the Luna-Glob-Lander, is a Russian lunar lander mission that launched on August 10, 2023.
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