Israeli Spacecraft’s Crash Site On NASA’s Moon-Orbiting Spacecraft

Washington: NASA’s Moon-orbiting spacecraft has spotted the impact site of the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on a region of the Moon called “Sea of Serenity” where it crash-landed on April 11. SpaceIL, a non-profit organization, attempted to land its spacecraft on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the ancient volcanic field on the near side of the Moon on April 11. After a smooth initial descent, Beresheet made a hard landing on the surface. As soon as its orbit placed NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) over the landing site on April 22, LRO imaged Bereshit's impact site, NASA said in a statement on late Wednesday. LRO took the impact site image from 90 km above the surface. LRO could not detect whether Beresheet formed a surface crater upon impact. (IANS)

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