Mission to moon: Russia's Luna-25 faces technical glitch, will it lag behind India's Chandrayaan-3 in the race?
As the world awaits for the ending of two friendly nations' race to moon, technical glitch in Russia's Luna-25 is feared to be a setback against India's Chandrayaan landing. On Saturday, Russia reported an “abnormal situation" on its moon-bound Luna-25 spacecraft, which was launched earlier in August. Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said the spacecraft faced an unspecified trouble while trying to enter a pre-landing orbit.
The situation is still unclear and its specialists are analysing the situation. “During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters," Roscosmos said in a Telegram post. So far there has been no official statement by the Russian space agency on the impact of the technical glitch on Luna-25's timeline.
Roscosmos didn't specify whether the incident will prevent Luna-25 from making a landing. The spacecraft is scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on Monday, racing to land on Earth's satellite ahead of India's Chandrayaan-3. It is worth noting, that the lunar south pole has always stirred curiosity among scientists.
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