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Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffers 'emergency situation' in lunar orbit
Space.com ^ | 08/19/2023 | Mike Wall

Posted on 08/19/2023 4:15:28 PM PDT by cabojoe

Russia's first moon mission in nearly half a century may be in serious trouble.

The Luna-25 spacecraft was supposed to maneuver itself into its final pre-landing orbit around the moon today (Aug. 19), ahead of a touchdown attempt on Monday (Aug. 21) or thereabouts. But the probe encountered a problem during the engine burn.

"During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters," Russia's space agency Roscosmos wrote in an update on Telegram today (in Russian; translation by Google). "The management team is currently analyzing the situation."

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; luna25; moon; roscosmos; roskosmos; russia; science; space; themoon
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Not a political topic, just a heads up. Spaceflight is hard.
1 posted on 08/19/2023 4:15:28 PM PDT by cabojoe
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To: cabojoe

It’s dead, Jim.


2 posted on 08/19/2023 4:19:11 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Eat the Rich)
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Russians love getting drunk pretty much all the time. Maybe the space craft was drunk or hung over.

Shouldn’t go landing on the Moon after knocking back a few.

Jus’ sayin’...


3 posted on 08/19/2023 4:20:03 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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Lunar lander designed and built by the Lada Space Vehicle Consortium?
4 posted on 08/19/2023 4:20:46 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: cabojoe

By the time we get back to the moon, 10 other countries will have been there.


5 posted on 08/19/2023 4:21:54 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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6 posted on 08/19/2023 4:23:16 PM PDT by algore
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If this Russian mission has failed, hopefully the current moon landing being attempted next week by India will be successful. There’s never been a landing near the moon’s southern pole as far as I know.


7 posted on 08/19/2023 4:23:50 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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I’m hoping India nails it this time. I think they’ve worked hard enough to earn it.


8 posted on 08/19/2023 4:26:44 PM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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To: House Atreides

Dittos


9 posted on 08/19/2023 4:28:18 PM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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To: algore

Exactly. It’s not just NASA, it’s ALL OF THEM.


10 posted on 08/19/2023 4:41:11 PM PDT by C210N
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To: cabojoe

Yeah, regardless of Russian or not, this sounds more like “obviously a major malfunction” than something tweaky.


11 posted on 08/19/2023 4:47:33 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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Mrs jimfree commented on another discussion about this story:

“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Давид.”


12 posted on 08/19/2023 4:53:08 PM PDT by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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(Spaceflight is hard)

Well, it’s not like it’s rocket sci.....

😜


13 posted on 08/19/2023 4:56:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Tell Mrs jimfree that she made me translate that...”David” LOL.


14 posted on 08/19/2023 4:57:56 PM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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Houstonik ve haf a prublme.


15 posted on 08/19/2023 5:02:34 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Suceed, Well So Much For Skydiving ~)
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To: SaveFerris

🫣


16 posted on 08/19/2023 5:17:00 PM PDT by cabojoe ( 🇺🇸 Stop Ukie censorship. Release Gonzalo Lira)
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Obviously, NASA drilled a small hole in the lander, just like they did in Soyuz.


17 posted on 08/19/2023 5:40:05 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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She thought of trying for the diminutive, Dave, but the point and cultural alusion are well made.


18 posted on 08/19/2023 5:40:31 PM PDT by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: cabojoe

If I recall things correctly lots of probes have made it to the moon’s surface. But NONE have made it to the south pole of the moon. Failure after failure.

Hmmmmm.


19 posted on 08/19/2023 6:24:24 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: BobL

Is that a problem? I see very little benefit in putting people on the moon.


20 posted on 08/19/2023 6:51:58 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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