Russia’s space agency: Luna 25 lunar probe crashed as engine failed to turn off in time
Director of Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, Yuri Borisov has announced that Luna 25, a lunar lander spacecraft, crashed on 20 August because its engine failed to turn off in time ahead of reaching the landing orbit, RIA Novosti quotes him as saying. “It stayed on for 127 seconds instead of 84, which caused the accident. <…> The main reason is a correction engine malfunction. We will get to the bottom of what caused it,” Borisov said .