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Mare Serenitatis, or Sea of Serenity
- 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 Mare Serenitatis, or Sea of Serenity, on April 11, 2019, at the end of a two-week long lunar night, the flight team expected.
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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, the...
Apr 15, 2019 · Although the spacecraft failed to touch down safely, it was the first attempted moon landing for Israel and the first for a privately funded organization from anywhere.
The lander's gyroscopes failed on 11 April 2019 causing the main engine to shut off, which resulted in the lander crashing on the Moon. [10] Its final resting position is 32.5956°N, 19.3496°E. [11] The lander was previously known as Sparrow and was officially renamed to Beresheet in December 2018. [12]
- 585 kg
- 22 February 2019, 01:45 UTC
- 48 days, 17 hours, 38 minutes (achieved)
- Falcon 9 B5
Feb 22, 2019 · Before and after comparison of the landing site created with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images. 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.
Apr 11, 2019 · Beresheet's slow-and-steady strategy paid off on April 4, when the moon's gravity captured the lander. Beresheet then lowered its lunar orbit via a series of burns, the last of which...
Apr 11, 2019 · In addition to providing high-resolution imagery from the surface, Beresheet1 would have measured the magnetic field at its landing site in Mare Serenitatis, which has magnetic anomalies detected by Kaguya, Lunar Prospector, and the Luna 21 mission. Understanding the Moon's magnetism teaches us about its history.
Apr 11, 2019 · 11 April 2019. Update 15 April 2019. Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes into the Moon. US$100-million lander had sought to become the first privately funded craft to touch down on the...
