https://spacewatch.global/tag/spaceil-beresheet-lunar-lander/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/spaceil-beresheet-lunar-lander/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/israel-to-return-to-moon-after-2019-beresheet-crash/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28967&preview=true&preview_id=28967 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/swgl-republish-moon-junk-responsible-management-of-lunar-orbital-debris/ Thu, 21 May 2020 13:00:50 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22727 We have much to gain by making the Moon humankind's next destination. We can practice living and working on another world, operate autonomous machines from great distances, and utilize the natural local resources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-oped-will-europe-lose-its-way-to-the-moon/ Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13643 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a remarkable “Kennedy” style speech on 26 March 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama, where he stated that the United States will put Americans on the Moon again - in as soon as five years. China demonstrated, with Chang'e 4, their capability to land on the far side of the Moon. Israeli NGO SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft, though ultimately unsuccessful in its soft landing, did reach the Moon’s surface on 11 April 2019. This has all happened without Europe. SpaceWatch.Global Chairman, Dr. John B. Sheldon, shares his thoughts on Europe's ability to carry out Moonshots in the 21st century.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/israels-spaceil-commits-to-beresheet-shtayim-after-beresheet-1-0-moon-attempt/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13630 "If at first you don’t succeed, you try again," said newly reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the Beresheet (Hebrew for Genesis) lunar lander failed to make a soft landing on the Moon's surface on 11 April 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-interviews-kyle-acierno-vice-president-global-sales-strategy-ispace/ Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13511 While SpaceIL's Beresheet lunar lander met with a tragic end on the Moon's surface, it has paved the way for a number of other private Moon missions that are currently in the works. Among these is Japan's ispace, and SpaceWatch.Global's Editor-in-Chief Helen Jameson spoke with Kyle Acierno about the company's plans. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/congratulations-beresheet-no-soft-landing-but-an-amazing-achievement/ Sat, 13 Apr 2019 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13503 The Beresheet Moon lander, developed by Israeli not-for-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, has failed in its bid to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. The spacecraft is the first commercial mission to reach the Moon. Communication was lost with Beresheet at approximately 489 feet above the lunar surface and it made its hard landing at 3.25pm EDT.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/israeli-moon-lander-beresheet-successfully-enters-lunar-orbit/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13388 The Beresheet lunar lander built and operated by Israeli not-for-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 22 February 2019, has successfully arrived in Lunar orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/israels-spaceil-team-successfully-launches-lunar-ambitions-with-beresheet/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12849 Space IL has successfully launched the first private spacecraft to the Moon. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, 21 February 2019, carrying the Beresheet spacecraft. Beresheet, meaning beginning or genesis in Hebrew, will land on the lunar surface in approximately sixty days and will make Israel the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/israels-spaceil-and-iai-complete-beresheet-lunar-lander-launch-expected-february-2019/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12031 Israeli not-for-profit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed the construction of the SpaceIL lunar lander and, in a ceremony at IAI facilities prior to being shipped to Cape Canaveral, placed a time capsule on board the spacecraft that will stay on the Moon indefinitely.]]>