(Cnet-SlashGear) Jackson Ryan - Before its untimely demise, Beresheet snapped a stunning image of the lunar surface. Although the lander did not achieve its core mission of a soft moon landing, Beresheet was the first private spacecraft to insert itself into lunar orbit. It made Israel the seventh nation to achieve such a feat and the fourth to reach the moon's surface.
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