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.
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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.
Israeli Team Investigating ‘Chain of Events’ in Lunar Crash
JERUSALEM — The Israeli start-up behind last week’s failed lunar landing said Thursday that it is still investigating a malfunction that caused the spacecraft to plummet to the moon’s surface.
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.”
Buzz Aldrin: Israel Lunar Landing Attempt ‘Inspiring to All’
Former astronaut and second man on the moon Buzz Aldrin on Thursday tweeted his condolences to the team behind the Beresheet spacecraft which crashed into the moon’s surface during its landing attempt on Thursday evening, saying the project was “inspiring.”
Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Approaches Moon but Fails to Land
YEHUD – Israel did not succeed in its bid to become the fourth country to land on the moon when its Beresheet spacecraft on Thursday made it just shy of the lunar surface but crashed right before touchdown. The country watched
WATCH: Israel’s Beresheet Lunar Lander Snaps Stunning Pics of Far Side of the Moon
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft finally entered lunar orbit over the weekend, and the SpaceIL team celebrated by releasing jaw-dropping photographs captured by the spacecraft of the far side of the moon. The images were taken about 470 km
Israeli Lunar Lander Misses Maneuver Due to Computer Glitch
A hitch in computer systems Monday evening caused an Israeli lunar spacecraft to miss a scheduled adjustment in its trajectory en route to the moon, engineers reported on Tuesday.
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.
