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NASA released photos of the crash area by SpaceIL's “Beresheet” spacecraft, which failed to land on the moon, April 11, 2019. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.

Israel, UAE sign agreement to partner on mission to moon in 2024

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on Wednesday to cooperate on space exploration—specifically, on the “Beresheet 2” mission to the moon scheduled to launch in 2024. “Beresheet 2” is planning to become...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) and SpaceIL president Morris Kahn at an introduction of the Israeli spacecraft "Beresheet" at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israel is $70 million closer to its second lunar mission

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From the moment Israel’s “Beresheet” unmanned lunar crashed on the Moon in April 2019, project leaders and backers pledged to try again. Now the “Beresheet 2” mission is getting closer to reality, as SpaceIL has raised $70 million from entrepreneurs and...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (left) and Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay display a schematic for the “Beresheet 2” lunar probe, Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Israel launches second space program to put a lander on the moon

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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...
Selfie image as the spacecraft prepared for its lunar landing in April 2019. Credit: “Beresheet.”

Israel’s second attempt to land aircraft on moon just years away, says engineer

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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...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) and SpaceIL president Morris Kahn at an introduction of the Israeli spacecraft "Beresheet" at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

After lunar crashing, SpaceIL announces Beresheet 2.0

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SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on Saturday that there will be a second Beresheet lunar spacecraft, following the first Israeli moon mission ending unsuccessfully last week when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface. “I’ve decided that we are...