Israeli spacecraft crashes onto moon after technical failures

[TomSea]

Israeli spacecraft crashes onto moon after technical failures
Ari Rabinovitch

YEHUD, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed onto the moon on Thursday after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface.


An image taken by Israel spacecraft, Beresheet, upon its landing on the moon, obtained by Reuters from Space IL on April 11, 2019. Courtesy Space IL/Handout via REUTERS

The unmanned robotic lander suffered periodic engine and communications failures during the landing sequence, which lasted around 21 minutes, the support team said.

Beresheet, whose name is Hebrew for the biblical phrase ‘In the beginning’, had traveled through space for seven weeks in a series of expanding orbits around Earth before crossing into the moon’s gravity last week.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-space/israeli-spacecraft-crashes-onto-moon-after-technical-failures-idUSKCN1RN1PY

Basically, it crash landed on the moon.

[Elderberry]

Basically, it crash landed on the moon.

Crashed, not crash landed.

Mission control lost communications with the spacecraft when it was about 489 feet (149 meters) above the moon's surface.

The picture was taken before it crashed.

[Cyber Liberty]

Basically, it crash landed on the moon.

Which makes them equal with the USSR.   

[dfwgator]

[Cyber Liberty]

Critics:  "It's better than Spaceballs!"