Tag: Beresheet
Israel launches second space program to put a lander on the moon
Israel on Wednesday launched its “Beresheet 2” project, the country’s second lunar mission. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted the ceremony, which was joined online by schoolchildren, students and volunteers from six space centers around...
Israel’s second attempt to land aircraft on moon just years away, says engineer
A representative from the Israel Aerospace Industries talked on Tuesday about Israel’s continued hopes of becoming the fourth country to land softly on the moon, following a failed attempt in April.
Israel’s “Beresheet” aircraft crashed on the moon...
NASA releases photographs of ‘Beresheet’ lunar crash
NASA released pictures Wednesday of the moon after Israel’s “Beresheet” spacecraft crashed on the moon last month.
“The cameras captured a dark smudge, about 10 meters wide, that indicates the point of impact,” said NASA....
XPRIZE to award $1 million to SpaceIL for orbiting moon
The nonprofit organization XPRIZE announced on Friday that it will award SpaceIL with a $1 million award for being just the seventh nation to orbit the moon, despite not landing on the moonon Thursday after a failure...
Mission (almost) accomplished: Israel’s ‘Beresheet’ spacecraft crashes into surface of moon
In the end, the Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” did not land on the moon on Thursday after a failure in its main engine just before touchdown that caused it to crash into the lunar surface.
“Beresheet,”...
WATCH: Israel gears up for moon landing, to be broadcast live from SpaceIL control...
The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” prepared to make history on Thursday night, making Israel the fourth country on the planet to have landed a spacecraft on the Moon.
“Beresheet,” named after the first word and the...
Israeli spacecraft ‘Beresheet’ passes Earth one last time ahead of lunar landing
The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” passed Earth for the final time on Sunday as it is expected to enter the moon’s orbit on Thursday.
When the spacecraft enters the moon’s orbit, it will perform a complex...
Chassidic rocket scientist overcame Soviet oppression to guide Israel’s space launch to the moon
One of the chief engineers involved in the creation and post-launch supervision of the moon-bound Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chassid who overcame Soviet oppression and anti-Semitism to play a leading role in Israel’s public and private space programs.
Mathematician...
‘Beresheet’ spacecraft hits snag after onboard computer restarts, still on time to land
The “Beresheet” lunar spacecraft’s latest maneuver attempt was postponed after the space craft’s on-board computer executed an unexpected independent restart, causing the device to miss a scheduled trajectory adjustment, according to engineers on Tuesday.
According...
Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports first Israeli spacecraft to Florida
Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s first lunar spacecraft began a historic journey to the moon on Jan. 17, when it was transported in a cargo plane from Ben-Gurion International Airport to...