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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Israel's moonshot

The Beresheet spacecraft snapped this picture of the moon's surface at a height of just 440 kilometers during the lunar capture maneuver on April 4, 2019. (Courtesy Beresheet)
April 8, 2019, 2:34 pm
Beresheet spacecraft succeeds in latest maneuver, bringing it closer to moon
Three days before landing attempt on April 11 in the Sea of Serenity, Israeli vessel executes move to tighten its orbit
By ToI Staff and Melanie Lidman
A picture taken by the Beresheet spacecraft of the moon's surface with the Earth in the background on April 5, 2019. (courtesy Beresheet)
April 7, 2019, 9:27 am
After entering moon’s orbit, Beresheet spacecraft starts maneuvering for landing
Israeli spacecraft executes burn to dramatically shorten its orbit, 4 days before attempting to end its long journey at Sea of Serenity
By ToI Staff and Melanie Lidman
The Beresheet spacecraft snapped this picture of the moon's surface at a height of just 440 kilometers during the lunar capture maneuver on April 4, 2019. (Courtesy Beresheet)
April 5, 2019, 3:03 pm
With Beresheet, Israel becomes 7th country to achieve lunar orbit
Moon’s gravity successfully captures Israeli spacecraft during tricky maneuver on April 4, putting spacecraft on schedule for landing in six days
By Melanie Lidman
Rowan Polovin
February 28, 2019, 5:34 pm
Rowan Polovin
To the Moon
It takes unbelievable chutzpah to believe that you are going to the moon; not “to the moon” in the metaphorical sense, but in the literal, lunar sense
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, Israel Aerospace Industries space division director Opher Doron stands in front of the Beresheet spacecraft during a presentation by Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israeli state-owned IAI, in Yehud, east of Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 26, 2019, 10:26 am
Setback for Israeli lunar lander as computer glitch prevents scheduled maneuver
Engineers examining data from Beresheet spacecraft to learn why it rebooted itself, causing automatic abort of trajectory adjustment needed to get to the moon
By Melanie Lidman and ToI Staff
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with Israel's Lunar Lander and an Indonesian communications satellite at space launch complex 40, February 21, 2019, in Cape Canaveral, Florida (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
February 22, 2019, 4:05 am
Israel’s $100 million moonshot blasts off with a successful launch
Small Beresheet satellite embarks on 7-week journey, at the end of which Israel could become the fourth country to land on the moon
By Melanie Lidman
Yariv Bash, right, Yonatan Winetraub, middle, and Kfir Damari, the founders of SpaceIL, inserting a digital time capsule into the Beresheet spacecraft, December 17, 2018. (Yoav Weiss)
February 21, 2019, 11:54 pm
With overnight launch, Israel aims to be 4th country to land on the moon
A quintessential Israeli startup tale, the Beresheet spacecraft went through three or four redesigns; its builders hope to inspire a new generation of Israelis to pursue science
By Ben Sales
An artist's rendering of Israel's SpaceIL lunar spacecraft. (Screen capture/Google Lunar XPRIZE)
October 7, 2015, 5:19 pm
Israeli team advances in global spacecraft contest
SpaceIL team is first to confirm a launch contract for its craft in Google-sponsored Lunar XPRIZE competition
By Daniel Estrin
A model of SpaceIL's lunar landing craft prototype , which an Israeli group proposes to send to the moon (Photo credit: Courtesy)
January 25, 2015, 5:28 pm
Space Week lifts off as Google space race intensifies
Lectures, demonstrations, and events aim to prepare Israelis for the biggest space-oriented event of all – Israel’s moon shot
By David Shamah
A model of SpaceIL's lunar landing craft prototype , which an Israeli group proposes to send to the moon (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 14, 2014, 7:40 pm
A dollar and a dream: SpaceIL crowdfunds Israel’s moonshot
An Israeli group is using Indiegogo to raise money for its lunar lander, and raise awareness of the project’s importance
By David Shamah
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