Russian Luna-25 Lander Creaches, Lost in Space, No contact

Hey space enthusiasts! Hold onto your helmets because we've got some lunar news that's out of this world. The Luna-25 lander? Well, it's vanished into thin lunar air. Roscosmos, the Russian space wizards, revealed that this little lander had a not-so-great collision with the moon's surface and, poof, it's gone! Efforts to locate it on August 19 and 20? Totally unsuccessful. The Mystery Unfolds What exactly went down? That's the big question. Roscosmos is launching an investigation, but they're keeping quiet about the details of the crash. This lunar puzzle just got a lot trickier. Moscow's Lunar Dreams Let's hop over to Moscow for a sec. They were banking on the Luna-25 mission to keep the spirit of the Soviet-era Luna program alive. It was their ticket back to independent lunar exploration, away from the West's watchful eyes. A Soft Landing Gone Sour Imagine an 800kg chunk of metal gently landing on the moon's southern pole. That was the pla...