A Year After Crash, Israel Unveils New Plan for Moon Landing
4 years, 1 month ago

A Year After Crash, Israel Unveils New Plan for Moon Landing

News 18  

Israel is again aiming for the moon. SpaceIL, the nonprofit Israeli initiative whose spacecraft crashed as it tried to land on the moon last year, announced on Wednesday that it is launching another lunar mission with its Israeli government partners. President Reuven Rivlin, who hosted a launch ceremony for the new project, said the country was filled with pride during last year's attempted landing. In addition to Israel Aerospace Industries, the country's Science Ministry and national space agency will be partners in the project. SpaceIL's chief executive, Shimon Sarid, said the project aims to inspire a new generation of scientists and researchers in a country known for its vibrant technology scene.

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Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes in attempt to land on moon
5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes in attempt to land on moon

Al Jazeera  

Spacecraft’s engine turned off shortly before landing and it was in pieces scattered at the landing site. An Israeli spacecraft has crashed into the moon moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing. Beresheet, whose name is Hebrew for the biblical phrase ‘In the beginning’, had travelled through space for …

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the Moon after engine and communication failures
5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes on the Moon after engine and communication failures

ABC  

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has crashed on the Moon after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering scientists' hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface. Key points: Beresheet's engine had shut down as it approached the surface of the Moon By the time power was restored it was moving too rapidly to land safely …

Israel's Beresheet: Everything you should know about the first private Moon landing that almost made it
5 years, 9 months ago

Israel's Beresheet: Everything you should know about the first private Moon landing that almost made it

Firstpost  

If SpaceIL’s mission is a success, Israel will become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon. Israel’s first mission to the moon, the Beresheet spacecraft, was expected to make a much-awaited touchdown on the Moon Thursday night. Following today’s maneuver Beresheet is again in an elliptical orbit, with its perilune only 15-17 km from the moon’s surface …

Beresheet: Israeli spacecraft crashes in final moments before moon landing
5 years, 9 months ago

Beresheet: Israeli spacecraft crashes in final moments before moon landing

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s Beresheet, the first privately-funded mission to the moon, has crashed. The spacecraft aimed to perform a soft landing on the moon and would have made Israel the fourth country to do so – and by far the smallest. “I am sorry to say that our spacecraft did not make it in one piece to the moon,” said …

Israeli spacecraft will attempt to land on the moon this week
5 years, 9 months ago

Israeli spacecraft will attempt to land on the moon this week

Daily Mail  

Israel's privately-funded lunar lander will attempt to make history this week by touching down on the surface of the moon. It's the first private craft to make the journey, and passed its most crucial test yet last week when it dropped into lunar orbit. On Thursday April 4, 2019, it passed its most crucial test yet: dropping into lunar orbit …

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft begins orbiting moon in country's maiden lunar voyage
5 years, 9 months ago

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft begins orbiting moon in country's maiden lunar voyage

Firstpost  

The Beresheet spacecraft is on a 7-week mission due to make its touch down on the Moon on 11 April. An Israeli spacecraft on the country’s first lunar mission began orbiting the Moon on Thursday, completing a key manoeuvre ahead of a planned touchdown next week, mission chiefs said. “The lunar capture is an historic event in and of itself …

ESA's Germany partner, Israel Aerospace company to assist in upcoming moon mission
5 years, 11 months ago

ESA's Germany partner, Israel Aerospace company to assist in upcoming moon mission

Firstpost  

While no financial details were disclosed, the deal could reportedly be worth tens of millions of dollars. A state-owned company, Israel Aerospace Industries, has tied up with a leading German space company to help the European Space Agency’s moon mission reach its destination. The Israeli company will develop a lunar lander similar to Beresheet — an earlier spacecraft it built …

Israel's 'Genesis' spacecraft gets special passenger before 2019 launch to the moon
6 years ago

Israel's 'Genesis' spacecraft gets special passenger before 2019 launch to the moon

Firstpost  

If successful, the mission will be Israel’s first lunar spacecraft and the country’s first private one. Israeli scientists are adding final touches to the country’s first lunar spacecraft, which now has a special passenger as of Monday that will accompany the journey early next year. One of the founders of the nonprofit organisation behind the launch, SpaceIL, compared the time …

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