MOSCOW: The Luna-25 probe, Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years, has crashed on the Moon after an incident during pre-landing maneuvers, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.

Communication with Luna-25 was lost at 2:57 p.m. (1157 GMT) on Saturday, Roscosmos said.

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