The Israeli spacecraft has failed in its bid, losing communication with Earth just before it was due to touch down.
An Israeli spacecraft has failed in its bid to become the first private craft to land on the moon after crashing on the lunar surface.
But Doron Opher, general manager of the space division of Israel Aerospace Industries, said the craft ‘definitely crashed on the surface of the moon’.The lunar spacecraft’s final selfie before it crashed on the moon The spacecraft lost communication with Earth just moments before it was to touch down.‘If at first you don’t succeed, try try again,’ said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on hand for what organisers had hoped to be a celebration.
The four-legged spacecraft, which is around the size of a washing machine, had been circling the Earth in increasingly large orbits waiting to be captured by the moon’s gravity.
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