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Beresheet (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית, Bərēšīṯ, "In the beginning"; Book of Genesis) was a demonstrator of a small robotic lunar lander and lunar probe operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries.
Feb 22, 2019 · Beresheet was about 5 feet (1 meter) tall by 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) wide with its landing gear and legs deployed. The lander separated first from the rocket, taking the long route to the Moon to save fuel by employing gravitational forces to propel itself.
Apr 15, 2019 · SpaceIL's lunar lander, Beresheet, launched from Cape Canaveral on a used SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 21, 2019, along with an Indonesian communications satellite and a U.S. Air Force...
May 15, 2019 · It appears the spacecraft landed from the north on the rim of a small crater, about a few meters wide, leaving a dark “smudge” on Mare Serenitatis that’s elongated towards the south. NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.
Feb 13, 2019 · The Beresheet lander will soon be shipped to Florida where it will launch in Q1 2019 as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission whose primary payload will be the PSN-6 (PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara-6) communications satellite of a private company in Indonesia. Background. From Israel to Florida, to the Moon.
Apr 12, 2019 · Built by the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL, the Beresheet lander tried to softly land within Mare Serenitatis, a vast volcanic basin on the moon's northern near side—but as it made its descent,...
Apr 18, 2019 · published 18 April 2019. It's a view of the pocked lunar surface from 9 miles up. Beresheet's final photo: The Israeli moon lander captured this image on April 11, 2019, when it was just...
