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Live coverage of the final descent and landing of the privately-funded Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on the moon. Text updates will appear automatically below.

SpaceIL’s live video webcast of Beresheet’s landing on the moon begins at 1845 GMT (2:45 p.m. EDT) Thursday.