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Roscosmos Luna-25

Image: IKI RAS
Image: IKI RAS

The Russian space agency Roscosmos’ Luna-25 lander was the country’s first mission to the Moon in 47 years. But Luna-25 didn’t land on the Moon—it crashed into it on August 19, 2023, after an attempted maneuver to orbit the Moon instead caused the spacecraft to collide with the lunar surface. Its last images were snaps of Earth (left) and the Moon (right), taken at the same moment on August 13.