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Beresheet

Failed

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Launched: 22 Feb 201901:45:00 UTC
Last contact: 11 Apr 201919:23:00 UTC
End declared: 11 Apr 2019
Duration: 1 month 20 days
Destinations: Moon

The first privately funded mission to attempt a Moon landing, built by the Israeli non-profit SpaceIL with Israel Aerospace Industries. A main-engine failure during descent caused it to crash.

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Lander

Failed

Compact four-legged lander that carried a magnetometer and a NASA laser retroreflector.

Launch mass: 585 kg
Dry mass: 150 kg
Size: 1.5 m × 2 m, span 2.3 m
Power: Solar
Built by: Israel Aerospace Industries, SpaceIL
Last contact: 11 Apr 2019, 19:23:00 UTC
End declared: 11 Apr 2019
Designator: 2019-009B

Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.