 
                  
Russia’s Luna 25 encounters ‘unknown’ difficulty in pre-landing phase
Luna-25, which was launched on August 10—nearly a month after Chandrayaan-3's launch—was vying with the Indian spacecraft for the right to settle on the moon's south pole on August 21. The Russian spacecraft, however, reported a "abnormal situation" as it attempted to enter its planned pre-landing lunar orbit.
 
