09 December 2020
SpaceIL announce Beresheet 2 will head to the Moon in 2024
...Aerospace Industries (IAI), the two launched their entry – the Beresheet lander – on 22 February, 2019, with plans to ..."Moonshot Award" by the X Prize Foundation in recognition of Beresheet touching the surface of the Moon. SpaceIL are also the ...
12 April 2019
Beresheet spacecraft crash lands on the Moon
...’s major space agencies. Unfortunately though, with less than 150 metres to go, Mission control lost communications with Beresheet and its attempt at a soft landing on the dusty grey regolith were thwarted. "We had a failure in the spacecraft...
01 February 2019
First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing
... of commercial missions. There is no doubt that the technological knowledge acquired by IAI during the development and construction of Beresheet, together with Space IL and combined with the space capabilities developed over more than 30 years at IAI...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
..., the Foundation awarded US$1 million to the Israeli non-profit organisation SpaceIL after its Beresheet lander crashed onto the lunar surface. The failure of Beresheet to complete its mission serves as a reminder that, despite all the technological...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... team won. However, a concessionary US$1 million in funds was recently awarded to the SpaceIL team behind the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft for their near successful attempt at landing on the lunar surface. Similarly, ILOA is persistent in its pursuit...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... subsequently fined US$900,000. The second involved the unauthorised placement of microscopic organisms (tardigrades) onto the Beresheet lunar mission, which subsequently crashed on the lunar surface in April 2019. These two cases point to the...
