A Russian spacecraft crashed into the moon, according to Russia's space agency.

The Luna 25 craft lost contact following the crash, Roscosmos told Interfax, a Russian news agency.

"According to preliminary analysis, in light of deviation of the actual parameters from of the impulse from the estimated ones, the Luna 25 spacecraft entered an unplanned orbit and ceased to exist after colliding with the surface of the Moon," Roscosmos said.

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A Russian spacecraft on a mission to the moon crashed and lost contact, according to Russia's space agency.

{ai:summary}<p>Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon, losing contact and ceasing to exist after colliding with the lunar surface. #science</p>

Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon, loses contact

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