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Sunday 14 April 2019

Israel's Beresheet Moon landing mission ends in failure

Image returned by Beresheet during its landing attempt approach

Israel's first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon has ended in failure. At about 7:23 pm Israel time, interrupted communications and an engine malfunction aboard the unmanned Beresheet lander resulted in the craft being unable to reduce its velocity sufficiently to prevent it from crashing into the lunar surface.

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