In a press release on Sunday, Roscosmos had stated the precise change in momentum of the spacecraft, because it was lowered into the pre-landing orbit, deviated from the calculated values, after which it crashed on the moon.

In this picture constructed from video launched by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 computerized station takes off from a launch pad on the Vostochny Cosmodrome within the Russian Far East on Aug 11. (AP)

Russian spacecraft Luna-25 crash-landed on the moon as a result of its engine didn’t shut off in time, and continued to work longer than it ought to have, Russian information company RIA Novosti quoted the top of nation’s house company as saying on Sunday.

“Unfortunately, the engine shutdown did not occur normally, in accordance with the sequence diagram, but according to a time cutoff, and instead of the planned 84 seconds, it worked for 127 seconds. This was the main cause of the accident of the apparatus,” Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos, stated on Rossiya 24 TV channel, in keeping with RIA Novosti report.

In a press release on Sunday, Roscosmos had stated the precise change in momentum of the spacecraft, because it was lowered into the pre-landing orbit, deviated from the calculated values, after which it crashed on the moon.

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