Israeli spacecraft "Genesis" crashed while landing on the moon, said one of the mission Directors.

"We unfortunately are unable to land ", He said.

Before that, as evident from the broadcast, the Machine at landing lost contact with the Ground.

The unit began on 22 February with the American launch site at Cape Canaveral with the help of the carrier rocket Falcon 9. He flew for about 6, 5 million kilometers, reaching speeds of 36 thousand kilometers per hour. A week ago, " Genesis ", was released in lunar orbit, making Israel the seventh country in the world where it happened.



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