Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries’ space division, speaks beside the SpaceIL lunar module, in a special “clean room” where the space craft is being developed, during a press tour of their facility near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)This Dec. 17, 2018 file photo shows the SpaceIL lunar module in a special “clean room” during a press tour of their facility near Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)In this Monday, Dec. 17, 2018 file photo, technicians stand next to the SpaceIL lunar module, an unmanned spacecraft, is on display in a special “clean room” where the space craft is being developed. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File) YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar mission. The Beresheet spacecraft lost communication with ground control as it was making its final descent. Moments later, the mission was declared a failure. “We definitely crashed on the surface of the moon,” said Opher Doron, general manager of the space division of Israel Aerospace Industries. He said… Read full this story
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