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Beresheet lander

Main-engine anomaly during descent; hard crash.

Coordinates
32.5956, 19.3496 (positive-east)
Era
B (1990-2019)
Parent mission
Beresheet
Role
lander
Operator
SpaceIL / IAI
Nation
Israel
Launched (UTC)
2019-02-22
Reached Moon (UTC)
2019-04-04 orbit / 2019-04-11 crash
Event type
lander
Outcome
failure
Site
Mare Serenitatis
Coordinate note
CONTESTED: LROC image-smudge coordinate (debris field, not intact lander)
Left on surface
Lunar Library (tardigrades, archive, DNA)
Returned material
none
Current status
crashed
Operational status (derived)
failed
Source grade
primary

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