Israeli spacecraft on historic mission crashes into the moon on live broadcast

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 05:50 in Astronomy & Space

An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history Thursday as the first privately funded lunar landing. The spacecraft lost communication with ground control during its final descent. Moments later, the mission was declared...

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