Spacecraft's orbit and moon-land attempt to be awarded $1m prize

摘要

The first privately funded spacecraft to orbit the Moon and attempt to land on its surface is to be awarded a $1 m (£0.8m) Moonshot Award by XPRIZE.SpacelL's ill-fated Beresheet robotic lander failed to soft-land during its final descent to the Moon on April 11. As it prepared for landing, Beresheet experienced a main engine failure and lost communication with mission control in Tel Aviv, Israel.