Russia’s spacecraft Luna-25, which was set to land on the south pole of the moon, crashed days before its estimated landing.

According to officials, the unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft from Russia lost control and plummeted into the moon.

This moon mission was Russia’s first in almost 50 years.

The mission, which was supposed to be the first to ever set foot on the moon's South Pole, was unsuccessful because it ran into difficulties when it entered its pre-landing orbit.

It was designed to investigate a region of the moon that scientists believe may contain frozen water and priceless components.

On Sunday morning, Roscosmos, the Russian government's space agency, announced that it had lost touch with the Luna-25 just after 14:57 (11:57 GMT) on Saturday. It promised an investigation into the mission's failure by a special commission.

Russia was competing with India in a race to the Moon's South Pole because India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is expected to land there soon and send a rover to explore the craters and rocks and collect information and photographs to relay back to Earth.

Finding water is possible since portions of the moon's South Pole are permanently in shadow.

Isro's representative called the Luna-25 disaster "unfortunate" in their statement.

Roscosmos has acknowledged the risk and potential failure of the Luna-25 mission. The spacecraft took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on August 11 and successfully entered the moon's orbit on Wednesday the past week.

Just days before the Indian touchdown, it was anticipated that it would create history by making a smooth landing on Monday or Tuesday.