Russia has reported that its Luna-25 spacecraft which launched earlier this month has crashed into the moon.

The unmanned robotic lander crashed after it spun into uncontrolled orbit, Russia's house company Roskosmos reported on Sunday.

It comes after the nation reported an "abnormal situation" that its specialists have been analysing on Saturday.

The mission was the nation's first to the lunar floor in virtually 50 years.

Russia had hoped that the robotic would spend a yr gathering samples of rock and mud after touchdown on the moon's south pole, which was because of occur on Monday.

However, the house company stated it misplaced contact with the craft after it bumped into unspecified hassle whereas making ready for the pre-landing orbit.

"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon," Roskosmos stated in an announcement on Sunday.

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