Russia's Luna-25 mission ended in failure with a crash landing on the moon, resulting in a 10-meter wide crater on the lunar surface. The cause of the crash is still unknown, and a specialized inter-departmental commission is investigating. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft captured images of the crater and concluded it is likely the impact site of Luna-25. This failure highlights Russia's declining influence in space exploration since its heyday during the Cold War era.