'If at first you don’t succeed, try again' - Israel vows not to give up after Beresheet crashes on Moon landing attempt

“We don’t have to be disappointed. We should congratulate ourselves on what we have achieved,” President’s Reuven Rivlin said at his residence in Jerusalem, where around 200 children and parents.

"Sure we didn’t land exactly like we wanted, but we landed. We are on the moon."

In the control room and at President Rivilin's residence, people sang the Israeli national anthem after the crash.

Morris Kahn, one of SpaceIL's major funders, said: "Well, we didn’t make it, but we definitely tried. I think the achievement of the attempt is really tremendous.”