Rashid rover: Heartbreak at Dubai mission control as lunar landing failed – The National

Rashid rover: Heartbreak at Dubai mission control as lunar landing failed – The National

New footage shows the moment Emirati engineers and scientists learnt that the spacecraft carrying the Rashid rover had crashed on the Moon during a landing attempt.

The Hakuto-R M1 spacecraft, built by Japan's ispace, crash landed on the lunar surface on Tuesday, failing to deliver the UAE-built rover and other international payloads.

In a new video, released by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, cheerful and hopeful expressions quickly turn to sorrow the moment ispace announced that contact with the spacecraft has been lost.