Expert: “Luna-25” will not be able to photograph the landing modules of the American “Apollo” on the moon

The Luna-25 apparatus was not tasked with photographing the footprints of the Americans on the Moon. The orbit in which it is located does not allow photographing the landing models of American spacecraft. Nathan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti about this.

According to him, the main task was to land in a given area. At the same time, the expert clarified that, if necessary, the orbit could be approached in such a way as to fix the movements of the Apollos, there is such a technical possibility.

Earlier it was reported that “Luna-25” should be the first device to land in the area of ​​the South Pole of a natural satellite of the Earth, in a place with a difficult terrain. On Thursday, the automatic station transmitted the first photographs of the far side of the moon taken by the television cameras of the STS-L complex. On Saturday, Roskosmos reported that due to an emergency situation on board the Luna-25, it was not possible to transfer to the pre-landing orbit with the given parameters.

Supporters of conspiracy theories believe that the landing of American astronauts on the surface of the Moon in the late 60s is a hoax, supposedly in reality there were no manned expeditions to the surface of the Moon. At the same time, in 2009, high-resolution images of the interplanetary station Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter were made public. She recorded landers and equipment left on the surface of the Moon, as well as traces of astronauts and lunar rovers.