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The likely crash site of Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft. /NASA
A NASA spacecraft around the moon has found the likely crash site of Russia's lost lunar lander.
The Luna-25 lander slammed into the moon last month, a harsh end to Russia's first moon mission in almost half a century. Based on observations by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA said Thursday that it appears the impact created a crater 10 meters across.
This fresh crater is about 400 kilometers short of the spacecraft's intended landing site at the lunar south pole, and farther north. NASA's spacecraft found no evidence of a crater in this spot in pictures taken during a flyover last year.
It's located on the steep inner rim of an ancient and considerably larger crater.
Since the newfound crater is close to where scientists believe Russia's lunar lander crashed, "it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor," NASA said in a statement.
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