MOSCOW: Russia suffered a major setback in its lunar mission as the space probe 'Luna 25' crashed into the Moon. According to reports Luna, which had entered the moon's orbit earlier, crashed into the moon.

Russian space agency Roscosmos confirmed that it has lost contact with the probe. Luna 25 was launched on the 11th of this month. The authorities planned to land on the moon tomorrow. There were technical problems during the descent process.

This was Russia's first lunar mission since 1976. It took just five days to get the probe into lunar orbit. Last day, Russia released pictures of lunar craters sent by Luna 25.

Meanwhile, India's much-awaited Chandrayaan 3 will land on the moon on the 23rd of this month. The video footage of the lunar surface taken by the Chandrayaan-3 probe was released earlier. Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on July 14. The probe entered lunar orbit on August 5.