Race in Space! High expectations from Chandrayaan-3 as Luna-25 fails 

Image Credit : Google

Russia's Luna-25 mission failed after it smashed into the moon. 

Image Credit : Google

Image Credit : Google

The spacecraft was lifted off on August 10 after years of delays.

Image Credit : Google

It was 1976 when Russia had its successful moon mission in 1976. 

Image Credit : Google

The Soyuz 2.1 rocket was carrying the spacecraft bursted from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Image Credit : Google

Luna-25 faced "abnormal situation" after Russia tried to make the pre-landing orbit. 

Image Credit : Google

It was within 40-50 minutes that Luna-25 lost its connection. 

Image Credit : Google

For the last few days, Luna-25 was in competition with India's Chandrayaan-3.    

Image Credit : Google

There were global concerns of both the spacecrafts having an overlap of landings. 

Image Credit : Google

Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 and it is expected to have a soft-land on the moon. 

Image Credit : Google

Failure of Luna-25 signifies decline of space power by Russia.