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Spotting a crash site on the Moon

Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spotted a new crater on the Moon, believed to be the crash site of Russia’s Luna 25 mission—its first lunar endeavor in almost 50 years. The Luna 25 lander’s descent, which began on August 19, ended disastrously with the spacecraft crashing onto the Moon’s surface near the Pontécoulant G crater’s southwest rim on August 21. The resultant crater, visible in LRO images, measures approximately 32.8 feet (10 meters) across.

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