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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. Its aims included inspiring youth and promoting careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ( STEM ), and landing ...
- 585 kg
- 22 February 2019, 01:45 UTC
- 48 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes (achieved)
- Falcon 9 B5
Apr 12, 2019 · The lander was carrying two scientific instruments and a digital time capsule that included a “lunar library.” Despite the hard landing, the mission is a milestone: Beresheet is the closest a ...
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Aug 5, 2019 · On the left screen was a stream of data being sent back to Earth by Beresheet, its lunar lander, which was about to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon. The right screen ...
Feb 22, 2019 · Under the original terms of the Google Lunar X Prize contest, Beresheet would have been required to fire thrusters and hop to a new location at least 500 meters away from the landing site.
Apr 15, 2019 · Beresheet made three orbits around Earth, each longer than the last, until the craft crossed paths with the moon. The original goal was to loop around the moon twice before touching down in the ...
Apr 11, 2019 · The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crash-landed on the Moon on 11 April after experiencing apparent engine trouble moments before it was scheduled to touch down. The mishap ended the mission’s ...
Feb 13, 2019 · The world's first privately-funded and operated lunar lander, an entrant in the defunct Google Lunar X-Prize competition, suffered a failure during a landing on the lunar surface. The Beresheet lander ("in the beginning" in Hebrew, so named after an Israel-wide naming competition) was designed and built by SpaceIL from 2011 onwards for the ...
