Inside Story What went wrong with the Luna 25?
The Russian spacecraft crashed instead of making a soft landing at the lunar south pole. Published on 21 August 2023. It was a mission to elevate Russia’s standing at home and in space, but the Luna-25 spacecraft failed to stick its landing. Its crash is raising questions about Moscow’s space programme, particularly as Russia becomes more isolated from the West. Like Russia, China, India and the United States are also looking to explore whether ice and other resources can be found at the lunar south pole. So, how big a setback has the Kremlin suffered? And what does it mean for rival programmes and business ventures out of this world? Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: Steve Maran – Retired astronomer from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and author of the guidebook Astronomy for Dummies Anil Kumar Bhatt – Retired lieutenant general from the Indian Army and director general of the Indian Space Association Derrick Pitts – Chief astronomer and planetarium programmes director at The Franklin Institute
Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond.
Primary Title
- Inside Story
Episode Title
- What went wrong with the Luna 25?
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 22 August 2023
Start Time
- 05 : 30
Finish Time
- 06 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond.
Episode Description
- The Russian spacecraft crashed instead of making a soft landing at the lunar south pole. Published on 21 August 2023. It was a mission to elevate Russia’s standing at home and in space, but the Luna-25 spacecraft failed to stick its landing. Its crash is raising questions about Moscow’s space programme, particularly as Russia becomes more isolated from the West. Like Russia, China, India and the United States are also looking to explore whether ice and other resources can be found at the lunar south pole. So, how big a setback has the Kremlin suffered? And what does it mean for rival programmes and business ventures out of this world? Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: Steve Maran – Retired astronomer from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and author of the guidebook Astronomy for Dummies Anil Kumar Bhatt – Retired lieutenant general from the Indian Army and director general of the Indian Space Association Derrick Pitts – Chief astronomer and planetarium programmes director at The Franklin Institute
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Commentary
- News
Hosts
- Laura Kyle (Presenter)