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Image credit: Roscosmos

Russia’s emergency commission for the recent Luna-25 Moon landing failure has been appointed and has started its work. Their duty is to sort out in detail what led to the “abnormal operation” of the spacecraft’s engine, sending the probe to its destruction on the Moon’s landscape.

Reportedly, that engine ran for 127 seconds instead of the calculated 84 seconds, resulting in the crash.

Next lunar missions

Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos, advised the Rossiya-24 television channel that the results will be taken into account when implementing the country’s next robotic Moon missions.

Roscosmos chief, Yuri Borisov.
Image credit: Roscosmos

Work on the Luna-26 and Luna-27 missions would be accelerated, Borisov said, and expressed the hope that these missions, along with Luna-28 will be successful, as noted in an Astronautics News posting at Novosti-Kosmonavtiki.

For details on what’s ahead for Russian lunar exploration, and the implications of the failed Luna-25 mission, go to: “Russia’s Moon Probe Failure: Why and What Next?” at:

https://www.leonarddavid.com/russias-moon-probe-failure-why-and-what-next/

Also, as posted on Space.com, go to: 
“What does the Luna-25 moon lander crash mean for Russia’s lunar exploration plans?” at:

https://www.space.com/russia-luna-25-moon-probe-failure-consequences