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Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface

www.cnn.com Russian lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface | CNN

Russia’s space agency said in a social media post that the issue occurred while its Luna 25 lander was completing a maneuver to put it on course for its touchdown.

The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday.

An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos.

“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,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.

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Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface

www.cnn.com /2023/08/19/world/russian-lunar-lander-emergency-luna-25-scn/index.html

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This was entirely shocking and unforeseen seeing how well all of Russia’s recent space tech has performed

Quick, blame the west!
- Hexbear: ITS THE LIBS FAULT
  
  I made the mistake of replying to a comment on hexbear that was erroneously claiming Ukraine started the war, dudes are absolutely deranged.
- Yes, it was me. I did it.
  The west

On one side I'm saddened by the scientific loss. But I'm also a bit relieved that the vatniks don't get to use it for propaganda purposes.
- Unfortunately I'm with you on this one. If this really fails, it helps a little bit with the war in Ukraine. Not much, but still....
  Really sucks that we're at this point.

For those wondering, and who didn't read the article:
It’s not yet clear if the issue will prevent the lunar lander, which was slated to land near the moon’s south pole as soon as Monday, from attempting a touchdown.
- Well it did and it crashed into the moon surface instead it seems

Looks like the Roscosmos personnel will be taking a company vacation to Ukraine
- Putin be failing at Kerbal Space Program now

that government can't get anything to work. they should invest some research points on meritocracy if they want to advance before Ghandi nukes them.
- They already spent all the points on corruption.

No fan of Russian leaders but their engineers are great. Hope they can figure out the issue and avoid the political drama.
- I think most of the good engineers have left russia by now.
  
  From what I remember, there's a very heavy emphasis on engineering in Russia, and they produce more engineers than any other country. They may have some brain drain, but plenty to spare.
  
  While roscosmos has been a bit of a powerhouse for ISS missions they seem to have difficulty with missions beyond GEO. I hope they are able to land successfully but I wouldn't be betting on it.

The onboard computer just had a little smoking accident, nothing to worry about.

Is it manned? I hope the cosmonauts get home safe regardless of nationality
- It doesn't look like it's manned, just a robot
- It is not manned.
  The next manned mission is Artemis 3 in 2025.
  
  And that’s a US mission for clarity of those who don’t follow this topic closely. China also has planned a manned mission to the moon by the end of the decade and all of these countries (India, Russia, US and China) are all targeting the Moon’s south pole which is much more treacherous in terms of geographic features than previous Moon missions. The south pole has frozen water deposits and the eventual goal is to use this area as a refueling station for exploration further out into the solar system. Pretty exciting times!
  
  Wow only 2 years away? Is this really happening? I’ve heard nothing about it.
  Edit: looks like the answer is maybe… https://spacenews.com/nasa-weighs-changes-to-artemis-3-if-key-elements-are-delayed/
- First manned mission to moon after 50 years would generate more press I assume.
- Wait you thought a Russian manned mission to the moon was happening and you hadn't heard about it? That would be global news, mostly about the technical "how can they possibly attempt this?"

Rapid Unplanned Disassembly, Comrade
- Lithobraking manoeuvre performed successfully.
  
  I have to rescue Jeb again?

Be interesting to see if they can sort it out prior to landing or what

This moon aggressor is starting to make the administration look bad! It better be careful around any nearby windows...
- Time to send poorly equipped conscripts to de-Nazify the moon.
  
  Vlad has a very low accuracy at identifying Nazis, he's the one sending them.
  
  Man thinks Iron Sky was a documentary

But Putin was assured everything will go smoothly!

It wasn't the same exact issue Apollo 11 had, was it? I sure would hope everyone learned from the mistakes of the past.

I wander what 'emergency situation' is a euphemism for this time...

The Ukrainian space program finally reveals itself.

ITT: libs breathing a sigh of relief that they can mock their racial enemy for something accurately for once in the last 2 years
- Most of the comments I've seen seem to be mocking the Russian government, and are not based on race. I have a feeling you knew that before you made your comment though.
  
  Yes, it's very slightly different energy from calling them orcs, but I guess that's because this event didn't kill any of your favorite Nazis.
- ITT: ~~libs breathing a sigh of relief that they can mock their racial enemy for something accurately for once in the last 2 years~~ yet another neo-communist trying to defend a failed state actor
  FTFY
  
  You can't tell the difference between supporting Russia and making fun of you morons for being so predictably thirsty? No wonder you can't reason about the world.
- ITC: Salty bootlickers.
- "Lib" and "Russian" are races?

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