NASA’s lunar orbiter spots the smoking hole left behind by Israel’s moon lander The Israeli-built Beresheet moon lander made history when it went into lunar orbit and descended to the surface — and… Read More
Beresheet bummer: Investigation of Israeli lunar lander’s crash points to human factor A manually entered command apparently set off a chain reaction of events that led to last week’s crash of an… Read More
Israel’s Beresheet lander crashes on moon, ending privately funded space odyssey An Israeli-built lander crashed onto the moon today during its final descent, bringing an unfortunate end to the first privately… Read More
Israel’s lunar lander switches from Earth orbit to moon orbit; touchdown in a week The Israeli-built Beresheet lander successfully started orbiting the moon today, marking a crucial step toward next week’s scheduled lunar touchdown.… Read More
Israeli lunar lander looks back at Earth An Israeli lunar lander gets photobombed by Earth in a selfie released today by SpaceIL’s Beresheet mission team. The selfie… Read More
‘Big step for Israel’: SpaceX launches lunar lander along with high-flying satellites A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent the Israeli-made Beresheet lunar lander on the first leg of its journey to the… Read More
Israeli lunar lander passes tests in preparation for SpaceX launch to the moon The managers of Israel’s first mission to the moon say their lunar lander has passed a crucial set of tests… Read More
Israeli moon lander to ride SpaceX rocket in Spaceflight’s first move beyond low Earth orbit SpaceIL’s lunar lander is go for launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that’s due to… Read More
To the moon? Israel’s SpaceIL says SpaceX will launch team’s lunar lander this year News Brief: SpaceIL, an Israeli team that was once a competitor in the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize, says it will have… Read More
Google Lunar X Prize clears five teams for moon race and pays out $1 million The organizers of the Google Lunar X Prize competition confirmed that five teams have been cleared to go after the… Read More
Israeli-based SpaceIL gets set for 2017 moon race with Spaceflight’s help Israeli-based Team SpaceIL has signed up to launch a robotic lander to the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket… Read More
