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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 …
If SpaceIL’s mission is a success, Israel will become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Israel’s first mission to the moon, the Beresheet spacecraft, was expected to make a much-awaited touchdown on the Moon Thursday night. Following today’s maneuver Beresheet is again in an elliptical orbit, with its perilune only 15-17 km from the moon’s surface …