An Israeli spacecraft has lost touch with Earth and crashed just before it was about to land on the lunar surface, failing in an aspiring venture to create history as the first privately funded lunar mission.

Mission Declared As Failure

The spacecraft lost Contact with ground control as it was making its final drop to the moon. Later, the mission was announced as a failure.

Built By SpaceIL And Israel Aerospace Industries

The small robotic spacecraft, built by the private space start up SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, had expected to match an accomplishment that has only been attained by the national space agencies of three nations: US, Russia and China.