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

Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to land on moon

Associated Press  

YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history Thursday as the first privately funded lunar landing. “True, not as we had hoped, but we will succeed in the end.” Beresheet carried a small laser retroreflector from NASA intended to measure magnetic fields and provide insight on …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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