Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, was the vanguard of a planned series of lunar probes.
Russia's first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country's space agency reported on Sunday .
Luna-25 was hoped to be a major space milestone for Russia. The last moon probe from the country was Luna-24 in 1976, when Russia was still part of the Soviet Union. That probe landed in the moon's Sea of Crises and ferried a sample back to Earth, a few years after the last human moon landing by NASA in 1972.
The loss of Luna-25 could be a major blow to Russia's plans to fly a series of moon missions and its effort to develop a permanent crewed based on the moon with China. Roscosmos officials said Sunday that they have already formed a team to investigate the crash of Luna-25.
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