This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft “switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the lunar surface”.

Why Russia’s claims of a space race with Chinese help has more to do with geopolitical posturing comes via ChinaTechNews.com.