Communication was lost with Japan's Hakuto-R lunar moments before it was due to touch down.
A Japanese company hoping to make history by carrying out the first private Moon landing says its mission is likely to have failed.Engineers are investigating what happened.
The craft was launched by a SpaceX rocket in December, and has taken five months to reach its destination.
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