20 August 2023

Sunday 20 August

2023-08-20

Events

 * Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the Moon after spinning into an uncontrolled orbit. The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering issues as it moved into its pre-landing orbit. It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years. Roskosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said it lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after running into difficulties. (BBC News)
 * 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Spain v. England, played in Sydney, Australia.
 * Spain beat England to win Women's World Cup - BBC News win the final 1–0 via a goal from Olga Carmona. As well as becoming the second country to have won both men's and women's World Cups, Spain also became the second country—after Brazil's male teams between 2003 and 2005—to simultaneously hold all three World Cups of the same gender (senior, U-20, and U-17). (Wikipedia)