Russia's space agency said Sunday that its Luna-25 spacecraft - its first lunar mission in almost half a century - crashed into the moon.
Roscosmos earlier reported an "emergency" as it was trying to enter pre-landing orbit ahead of a planned Monday moon landing. After Roscosmos lost contact with the unmanned spacecraft, and efforts to locate it failed, the agency added that a preliminary analysis determined that it "ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface" and that an interdepartmental commission will investigate the cause.