2019 – Chinese probe Chang'e 4 becomes the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon.[52] 2019 – NASA concludes the 15-year Opportunity rover mission after being unable to wake the rover from hibernation.[53] 2019 – Israel launched its first spacecraft, Beresheet, towards the Moon on April 7; after two months of journey, the spacecraft failed to land and crashed on the surface of the Moon, what made Israel the seventh country to successfully orbit the Moon.