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An image taken by Israel spacecraft, Beresheet, while orbiting the moon. Space IL/ Reuters
An image taken by Israel spacecraft, Beresheet, while orbiting the moon. Space IL/ Reuters
Israeli spacecraft crashes into moon in failed private mission
If successful, Israel would have become the fourth nation to land on the moon
The National
11 April, 2019