May have already failed. There were problems about a month in the planting apparatus of the Russian Federation "Luna-25"

There was an emergency aboard the spacecraft that did not allow an important maneuver. The first for almost 50 years, the Russian landing machine "Luna-25" may face serious problems during planting for a month. It is not known at this time whether he will be able to land at the Earth's satellite surface at all, Space writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! On August 10, a Russian landing module "Luna-25" was sent to the moon to the moon, which reached the orbit around the moon in 6 days. On Monday, August 21, an attempt was planned to land on the surface of the Earth's satellite of this apparatus. For the last time in the USSR in 1976, a similar landing module "Luna-24" was landed on the moon, and in almost 50 years Russia decided to repeat the past success.

But on Saturday, August 19, Roscosmos representatives stated that during an attempt to reach the last before landing on the month of orbit with the device there was an emergency. Experts believe that the problem has arisen in the engine, which is why "Luna-25" was unable to perform the planned maneuver. It is not yet known what has happened exactly and Roscosmos experts try to solve the problem that has arisen.

According to Anatoly Zaka from Russiaspacewebe's project, the Russian Internet segment is now crowded with all kinds of rumors and forecasts for the future of this landing module. Some network users suggest that it has already failed. ZAB believes that if the problem was not really so serious, then it would never be reported by Roscosmos representatives.

If this is true, and the unit is no longer able to land on the moon, in the South Pole, it will be a real blow for Russia's space program, Space writes. After all, this project is the first in the history of the modern Russian Federation, after the collapse of the USSR, a mission to the moon. On board the landing module "Luna-25" is 8 scientific devices, and if it lands on the month on August 21 or later, it will look for water ice and conduct other studies.

It should be recalled that no planting machine has been landing in the area of ​​the South Pole of the month and for the right to be the first in this regard, Russia and India are now competing. Focus has already wrote that on Wednesday, August 23, a month would try to land the Indian landing module as part of the Chandraian-3 mission. For the Russian Federation, successful planting of its landing module can be a beginning for future such monthly missions, so it is so important for Russia.

Future such devices will have to use the same flight trajectory on the Earth's satellite. Despite sanctions over the war against Ukraine, the Russian Federation tries to prove that its space program is successfully developing and the country can fly a month. Will "Luna-25" be able to do a soft landing on the Earth's satellite by August 21 or the next few days remains unclear. If this does not happen, it will be a real catastrophe for the Russian space program.