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

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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 capsule to prayers written on bits of paper that worshippers stuff into Jerusalem’s Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites. Organisers say if it is successful it will not only be Israel’s first spacecraft to land on the moon, but also the first private one.

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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 …

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

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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 …

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

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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 …

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