The Luna-25 spacecraft after its engines failed to shut down correctly, the head of 's space agency has said.Roscosmos director general Yury Borisov was dragged onto state TV yesterday to explain Vladimir 's latest failure and blamed the country's decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap.The pilotless Luna-25 was scheduled to land on Monday in a bid to become the first spacecraft to touch down on the south pole of the Moon, an area where scientists believe important reserves of frozen water and precious elements may exist.
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