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 ahead of landing HOW TO WATCH LIVE On April 11, Israel's privately-funded Beresheet lunar lander will attempt to land on the surface of the moon. In order to catapult away from the Earth and successfully 'catch' the moon's gravitational pull, Beresheet needed to slow down from 8,500 kilometers per hour to 7,500 kilometers per hour. Opher Doron, general manager of Israel Aerospace Industries' space division, speaks beside the SpaceIL lunar module SpaceIL got its start in the Google Lunar X Prize Competition, which promised $20 million for the first privately funded robotic spacecraft to make it to the moon.

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Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket
13 hours, 11 minutes ago

Private US, Japanese lunar landers launch on single rocket

The Hindu  

One rocket, two missions: lunar landers built by US and Japanese companies launched their "rideshare" to the Moon on Wednesday, showcasing the private sector's growing role in space exploration. On board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that took off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida were Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and ispace's Resilience from Japan, which will also deploy …

US Lunar Lander Rockets Toward Moon For a Touchdown Attempt Next Week - News18
11 months ago

US Lunar Lander Rockets Toward Moon For a Touchdown Attempt Next Week - News18

News 18  

A moon lander built by US-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first American lunar touchdown in more than a half-century. Falcon rocket blasted off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, dispatching the lunar lander on its way to the moon, 370,000 kilometers away. …

Moon landing attempt: Another US lunar lander blasts off
11 months ago

Moon landing attempt: Another US lunar lander blasts off

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, dispatching Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander on its way to the moon, 230,000 miles away. …

US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
11 months ago

US company's lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Another private U.S. company took …

First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries
1 year ago

First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries

The Independent  

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Russia launches first lunar lander in nearly 50 years in race to find water on moon
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia launches first lunar lander in nearly 50 years in race to find water on moon

The Independent  

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'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says
1 year, 8 months ago

'High Probability' Spacecraft Crashed On Moon, Japanese Company Says

Huff Post  

This time exposure photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, launching from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2022. A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, April 26, …

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm
1 year, 8 months ago

‘High probability spacecraft crashed on lunar surface,’ says Tokyo-based space firm

Firstpost  

The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to touch down on the Moon’s surface overnight, but about 25 minutes after the landing was to have occurred, the company could not establish contact A Japanese startup’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the lunar surface early on Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending its controllers …

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon
1 year, 8 months ago

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon

NPR  

Contact is lost with a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the moon Enlarge this image toggle caption ispace via AP ispace via AP A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed. The 7-foot lander Japanese lander carried a mini lunar rover for the United Arab Emirates …

SpaceX launches private mission to moon with Japanese lander, UAE rover
2 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX launches private mission to moon with Japanese lander, UAE rover

New Indian Express  

CAPE CANAVERAL: A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander on Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. By contrast, NASA’s Orion crew capsule with test dummies took five days to …

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 …

So close, yet so far: On Chandrayaan 2 lander failure
5 years, 4 months ago

So close, yet so far: On Chandrayaan 2 lander failure

The Hindu  

The Indian Space Research Organisation came tantalisingly close to creating history in the early hours of September 7 when the robotic lander Vikram followed the predetermined descent trajectory and came just within 2 km of the lunar surface before contact was lost. While the powered landing of Vikram and exploration of the moon’s surface for 14 earth days by the …

Vikram lander falls silent 2.1 km from Moon
5 years, 4 months ago

Vikram lander falls silent 2.1 km from Moon

Hindustan Times  

At 1.53am in the wee hours of Saturday, less than two minutes before the Vikram lander was to touch down on the moon, scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation lost communication with it. The last 15 minutes of the mission, in which the lander attempts to guide itself with the help of its own propulsion system, had been described …

Chandrayaan-2 landing: How lunar rover will make its way to Moon
5 years, 4 months ago

Chandrayaan-2 landing: How lunar rover will make its way to Moon

India Today  

The Indian Space Research Organisation's second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, is less than 48 hours away from landing on the lunar surface. The Vikram lander is carrying the six-wheeled rover Pragyaan, which will land near the lunar south pole of the Moon on September 7. - Over the next 38 seconds, the Vikram lander will further reduce its speed to 331.2 …

Chandrayaan-2 lander homing in on moon
5 years, 4 months ago

Chandrayaan-2 lander homing in on moon

The Hindu  

Chandrayaan-2’s mission handlers have further honed moon lander Vikram’s orbit to as close as 35 km from the lunar surface, sharply priming it to the descent planned early on Saturday. After the nine-second operation, the lander now goes around moon in its new orbit of 35 km x 101 km. An update from the Indian Space Research Organisation said: “With …

Chandrayaan trial run successful
5 years, 6 months ago

Chandrayaan trial run successful

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Those bright orange flames were missing, as was the earth-shaking roar of rocket engines, but the task was successfully completed as Indian space scientists carried out the first full dress rehearsal ahead of launch of Chandrayaan-2, India's second probe to the Moon, ahead of its flight on Monday, July 15, onboard the gigantic GSLVMkIII rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space …

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

Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to land on moon

India TV News  

An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon Thursday just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first privately funded lunar landing. "We definitely crashed on the surface of the moon," said Opher Doron of Israel Aerospace Industries. Spacecraft crash more on other planets than they do on the moon, but the moon has had …

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 …

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 …

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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