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A picture of the Earth taken aboard Beresheet
October 27, 2021, 11:36 am
United Arab Emirates to join Israel in moon shot
United Arab Emirates and Israel plan to land Israel’s un-crewed Beresheet craft on the moon in 2024 in a joint space exploration deal
By JTA
Eviation Alice
August 16, 2019, 2:02 pm
10 ways Israel has improved the world… this year alone!
From a device which creates water from thin air to an algorithm that predicts the emergence of tuberculosis, we look at the Jewish state's top scientific advancements in 2019!
By David Legmann
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science
August 13, 2019, 1:53 pm
Israel’s new space venture will use ultraviolet to explore the universe
Weizmann Institute's Ultrasat project, which is due to be launched in 2023, will take a novel approach to searching the cosmos
By Jewish News Reporter
Tardigradum (Wikipedia/Schokraie E, Warnken U, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Grohme MA, Hengherr S, et al. (2012))
August 9, 2019, 11:37 am
Scientists think there may be life on the Moon due to Israel’s Beresheet craft
Millimetre-long animals known as tardigrades may have survived when the Israeli craft crashed on the Earth's satellite
By Jewish News Reporter
Beresheet! (Credit: SpaceIL and the Israel Aerospace Industries)
June 25, 2019, 9:13 pm
SpaceIL won’t attempt second moonshot
Israeli company says 'an attempt to repeat a trip to the moon is not enough of a challenge' and will instead search for a different mission
By Jewish News Reporter
The moon. Photo credit: Nick Ansell/PA Wire
May 16, 2019, 4:02 pm
Nasa identifies area on Moon’s surface where Beresheet crashed
American space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the site 11 days after the attempted landing - on a region of the moon known as the Sea of Serenity
By Jewish News Reporter
Tel Aviv's famous promenade, soaked in sun
May 9, 2019, 11:09 am
Israel’s tale of two cities
Lucy Daltroff discovers the wonders of technology and tradition on a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
By Lucy Daltroff
The last shot Beresheet sent of landing before crashing onto the moon's surface. (Youtube screenshot via Times of Israel)
May 7, 2019, 4:38 pm
Israel Space Agency gives £4.3m to help launch ‘Beresheet 2’ moon mission
20 million shekels donated is double the figure given to the first Beresheet mission which crashed on the lunar surface in April
By JTA
Selfie image from Beresheet with Earth in the background (Credit: SpaceIL)
April 18, 2019, 11:22 am
Probe finds ‘manual command’ entered Beresheet craft, causing it to crash
Technicians at SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries say that interference led to a 'chain reaction' during which the main engine switched off
By Jewish News Reporter
April 16, 2019, 4:07 pm
OPINION: We must reinvent Beresheet to reach the Moon again
SpaceIL mission scientist for the Israeli mission to the moon, Oded Aharonson, says the team behind it must redouble efforts and try again!
By Oded Aharonson
Selfie image from Beresheet with Earth in the background (Credit: SpaceIL)
April 14, 2019, 10:33 am
Head of SpaceIL says ‘Beresheet 2’ project to launch immediately
South African-born billionaire Morris Kahn says a new venture is being launched to take Israel to the Moon
By Jewish News Reporter
April 12, 2019, 2:15 pm
Buzz Aldrin and Tim Peake applaud Israel’s Beresheet mission after Moon crash
Two of the world's top astronauts herald the Jewish state's privately-funded mission which unfortunately fell at the final hurdle
By Jewish News Reporter
April 11, 2019, 8:09 pm
Israel to the Moon: Here’s how to watch Beresheet touch down!
For those outside of Israel, Space IL, the nonprofit organisation that founded the Beresheet program will livestream the landing on its Facebook page and on YouTube.
By JTA
Ben Gurion Airport's online flights timetable on Israeli Airports Authority website
April 11, 2019, 2:29 pm
Moon landing among flights listed on Ben Gurion Airport arrivals chart
Israel’s planned moon landing, scheduled for 10pm, appears to sit between incoming flights from Istanbul and Madrid
By Jewish News Reporter
Selfie image from Beresheet with Earth in the background (Credit: SpaceIL)
April 11, 2019, 11:05 am
Making history: Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft to land on the moon today!
SpaceIL is hoping to see its craft successfully complete a landing on the moon - making Israel only the fourth country to manage the feat
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