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Israeli Spacecraft Crashes During Moon Landing

  Israel’s attempt at a moon landing failed at the last minute Thursday when the craft suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land and … Continue reading Israeli Spacecraft Crashes During Moon Landing

By Ignatius Igwe
Updated April 11, 2019
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A handout picture released by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on April 11, 2019, shows a picture taken by the camera of the Israel Beresheet spacecraft, of the moons surface as the craft approaches and before it crashed during the landing. Israel’s attempt at a moon landing failed at the last minute Thursday when the craft suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land and apparently crashed into the lunar surface. AFP
A picture taken by the camera of the Israel Beresheet spacecraft, of the moon’s surface as the craft approaches and before it crashed during the landing.  AFP

 

Israel’s attempt at a moon landing failed at the last minute Thursday when the craft suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land and apparently crashed onto the lunar surface.

“We didn’t make it, but we definitely tried,” project originator and major backer Morris Kahn said in a live videocast from mission control near Tel Aviv.

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“The spacecraft Beresheet did not successfully complete its landing on the moon,” an onscreen message said.

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