Key Points Non-profit SpaceIL was aiming to become the first private entity to softly land a spacecraft on the moon’s surface. “We have a failure of the spacecraft ... we have not landed successfully,” SpaceIL said on the livestream of the landing attempt. At a cost of about $100 million, the “Beresheet” spacecraft was backed by private donors. A small lunar lander crashed into the surface of the moon on Thursday, coming just short of the venture’s ultimate goal. Non-profit SpaceIL was aiming to become the first private entity to softly land a spacecraft on the moon’s surface – a...