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- Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit.
- The lunar mission was Russia’s first since 1976.
- The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the Moon.
- A previous Indian attempt to land at the south pole in 2019 ended when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface.
- Alongside Luna 25, India’s Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14, is hoping to land in the south pole area as well.
- Till now, only three governments have managed successful moon landings: the Soviet Union, the United States and China.
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