Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon during landing attempt

Published April 11, 2019 8:44pm ET



Israel’s attempt to be the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon ended in failure Thursday when the Beresheet lunar lander crashed during its descent.

Both the nonprofit organization SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries’ space division confirmed the landing was a failure after a live broadcast of the attempted landing went dark in the final minutes.

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