YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history Thursday as the first privately funded lunar landing. “True, not as we had hoped, but we will succeed in the end.” Beresheet carried a small laser retroreflector from NASA intended to measure magnetic fields and provide insight on …
An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon Thursday just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing. "We definitely crashed on the surface of the moon," said Opher Doron of Israel Aerospace Industries. Spacecraft crash more on other planets than they do on the moon, but the moon has had …
The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has crashed on the Moon after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering scientists' hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface. Key points: Beresheet's engine had shut down as it approached the surface of the Moon By the time power was restored it was moving too rapidly to land safely …
