Mississippi of the Rossok spacecraft “LUNA-25” ended in failure – on August 19, when the descent module was launched into the pre-landing orbit, the engines worked 43 seconds more instead of 84 seconds. As a result, communication with the apparatus was first lost, and then it became clear that Luna-25 had limited its existence by crashing on the surface of the moon.
The dramatic events were closely followed by NASA experts. On August 22, a command was transmitted from the control center to the interplanetary station LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), located in lunar orbit, to include the LROC camera in order to establish the exact location of the fall of the Russian module.
The LRO, flying over this ill-fated phenomenon, took a series of shots over the course of four hours, allowing them to part with the equipment. In the area of the NASA crater, NASA specialists made light craters with a diameter of 10 m and a depth of 360 m. Kulan G, which was first launched over 400 km on a flat surface Luna-25.
Source: Tech Cult
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