Aiming High: Israel Shoots for the Moon Again
Private space company SpaceIL announced Sunday it had raised $70 million to send a second spacecraft to land on the moon, after its antecedent crash landed last year.
Morris Kahn
Israel’s Lunar Lander Spilled ‘Water Bears’ on the Moon
TEL AVIV – The moon may have got more than it bargained for when Israeli lunar lander Beresheet crash-landed onto its surface in April, because the spacecraft was also carrying thousands of tardigrades, microscopic “water bears” that can survive almost all environments – including space, a report published Monday by Wired magazine said.
Israel Lunar Backer: ‘Beresheet 2 Starts Now; We’ll Put Our Flag On The Moon’
TEL AVIV – Billionaire backer and SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced over the weekend that the team would begin working immediately on Beresheet 2.0 after the first version crash landed on the moon Thursday evening, saying, “We’ll put our flag on the moon.”
First Private Israel Lunar Mission Ready for Launch
RAMAT GAN, Israel — A nonprofit Israeli consortium said Monday that it hopes to make history this week by launching the first private aircraft to land on the moon.
First Private Israeli Lunar Mission to Launch in February
YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli nonprofit on Monday said it has pushed back the launch of what it hopes will be the first private spacecraft to land on the moon until February.
Israel Planning Unmanned Spacecraft Moon Landing in February
YEHUD, Israel — An Israeli organization said Tuesday that it hopes to become the first non-governmental entity to land a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts to launch a module later this year.
