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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon, Roscosmos says (www.euronews.com)
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[–] don@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon," read a statement from the agency.

  1. ffs that’s a really wordy way of saying “it crashed.”

  2. “ceased to exist” - No, it still exists, just in more pieces than when it left the earth, and in a much larger area than originally intended. Still exists, though.