2023年8月20日， 17：39 UTC • 

作者：本尼·柯克

原文

Russian Space Agency Humiliates Itself, Luna 25 Crashes Into the Moon

Published: 20 Aug 2023, 17:39 UTC • By:

Benny Kirk

Russia's first crack at sending an un-crewed lander probe to the surface of Earth's nearest heavenly neighbor in decades was supposed to send a message from the government of Vladimir Putin to the world at large. This message was that despite seemingly endless sanctions from Russia's illegal occupation of Ukraine, Roscosmos could still compete with Western space agencies in meaningful scientific research. But after the Luna 25 lander unceremoniously crashed into the surface of the Moon, the only sentiment for the Russian Space program was abject disappointment.