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.
Images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and released by the agency on Thursday reveal the fresh crater.
But communication with the spacecraft was disrupted and Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, reported an "emergency situation" occurred while Luna 25 tried to enter a pre-landing lunar orbit on Aug. 19.The agency shared an estimate of the impact point on Aug. 21, which allowed members of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team to send commands to the spacecraft the following day to take images of the site.
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