Spacecraft

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שלומי סודרי

Taking Israeli Chutzpah to the Moon: Its next lunar mission aims to land not one, but two vessels

18.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
“Failure isn’t an option,” says Shlomi Sudri, General-Manager of the Space Division at Israel Aerospace Industries about plans for Israel’s next lunar mission and how this time will be completely different
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The new commercial space race has countries soaring into the unknown

13.12.20|Yafit Ovadia
Countries today aren’t competing over who will make it first to the Moon, but many are looking to mark new firsts of their own
בראשית סלפי spaceil

Beresheet 2.0’s Moon Project Scrapped

26.06.19|Udi Etsion
SpaceIL, the Israeli nonprofit organization behind the spacecraft, announced it will seek out "another, significant objective" for its second venture
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Israel Doubles Down on Beresheet 2.0

06.05.19|Lilach Baumer
Beresheet crashed on its April moon landing, still making it the first privately funded spacecraft to reach lunar orbit
בראשית חללית נחיתה על הירח

The Challenge for Beresheet 2.0: Landing on the Moon and Sticking to the Budget

15.04.19|Udi Etsion
On Thursday, Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed during its moon landing. Co-developer SpaceIL already announced a second spacecraft is in the works
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Beresheet Spacecraft Advances on Its Lunar Journey

24.02.19|Lilach Baumer
The Israeli spacecraft successfully launched Thursday, but sun rays are now getting in the way of its star-based navigation system
החללית הלא מאוישת של SpaceIL

SpaceIL Pushes Back Moon Launch Date to Early 2019

11.10.18|Lilach Baumer
Israeli non-profit organization is one of the former competitors for Google’s 10-year space race competition Lunar X Prize
החללית הלא מאוישת של SpaceIL

Israel Set to Take First National Selfie on Moon

10.07.18|Amitay Gazit and Tofi Stoler
Israeli non-profit organization SpaceIL intends to land its first unmanned spacecraft on the moon in February