Luna-25-crater (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Luna-25-crater

Caption

During the descent to the surface, the Russian spacecraft Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact into the southwest rim of Pontécoulant G crater on Aug. 19, 2023, at 7:58 a.m. EDT (11:58 a.m. UTC). This image is 1,100 meters wide, and lunar north is up. (LROC NAC frame No. M1447547309R)

Credit

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University

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