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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 491

moon landings

Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
August 23, 2023, 4:40 pm
India becomes 4th nation to put spacecraft on the moon
Country joins the US, Soviet Union and China in achievement as it seeks to cement its growing space prowess, days after Russian lunar failure
By ASHOK SHARMA
Takeshi Hakamada, center, founder and CEO of ispace, and his team staff gather for photo session after livestream of HAKUTO-R private lunar exploration program on screen at the lunar landing event Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Miraikan, the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
April 26, 2023, 9:24 am
‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon, Japanese space company says
More than 6 hours after losing communication, ispace speculates its spacecraft suffered same fate as Israel’s failed Beresheet landing in 2019
By Marcia Dunn
A illustration of humans working on the moon (screenshot from YouTube NASA video)
December 31, 2022, 8:26 am
Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production
With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass
By Sue Surkes
NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
November 16, 2022, 9:32 am
New NASA moon rocket carrying Israeli experiment lifts off, 50 years after Apollo
First mission in Artemis project carries mannequins — one of them nicknamed Zohar and wearing Israeli protective suit — ahead of planned manned mission expected as early as 2025
By AP and ToI Staff
Crawler Transporter-2 outside the gates at Launch Pad 39B as teams configure systems for rolling NASA's moon rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 24, 2022. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
September 27, 2022, 12:09 am
NASA calls off 3rd attempt to launch moon rocket due to hurricane
Spacecraft to be returned to Kennedy Space Center hangar and may not launch until November
By Marcia Dunn
NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center, September 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
September 3, 2022, 6:11 pm
NASA calls off 2nd attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket after further fuel leak
Engineers had scrambled to fix malfunctions, but launch for lunar orbit with dummies scrapped after 3-4 hours; test flight is part of project that could see humans on moon in 2025
By Marcia Dunn
The NASA moon rocket stands ready at sunrise on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, August 29, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
August 29, 2022, 6:43 pm
NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after unexplained engine problem
Next attempt may take place Friday at the earliest, or could be put off for several more weeks
By Marcia Dunn
NASA's moon rocket, the most powerful it has ever built stands ready less than 24 hours before it was scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 28, 2022. (AP/John Raoux)
August 29, 2022, 1:06 pm
Fuel leak interrupts launch countdown of new NASA moon rocket
Same malfunction pushed back April’s scheduled test flight of spacecraft, which hosts demo of Israeli-made radiation suit; Friday is earliest date for next attempt
By Marcia Dunn
Storm clouds roll in over the NASA moon rocket as it stands ready for launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 27, 2022. (AP/John Raoux)
August 28, 2022, 7:42 pm
NASA on track to trial moon rocket on Monday despite lightning hits
Space agency says no damage caused to Florida launch site during storm, paving way for its most powerful ship to take flight with three test dummies strapped into capsule
By Marcia Dunn
The moon sets in front of the NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. With liftoff planned for Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, the 322-foot rocket will attempt to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit. (AP/John Raoux, File)
August 25, 2022, 5:21 am
NASA to test new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo
Liftoff for high-stakes test flight set for Monday morning from Kennedy Space Center; mannequin aboard to test Israeli-made anti-radiation suit
By Marcia Dunn
This illustration provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. (SpaceX/NASA via AP)
January 26, 2022, 8:25 pm
Israel signs onto NASA-led Artemis program to land astronauts on lunar surface
Space program hopes to establish long-term human presence on moon as a warm-up for future missions to Mars
By Ricky Ben-David
One of the last photos taken by Beresheet before it crash landed into the moon, on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy SpaceIL)
September 5, 2021, 5:10 pm
SpaceIL issues call for scientific research proposals on 2nd moon mission
Israeli organization gears up for follow-up space mission in 2024, asks global research institutes to submit ideas for experiments
By Ricky Ben-David
The Beresheet selfie during landing, April 11, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
July 11, 2021, 1:08 pm
Israel’s SpaceIL shoots for the Moon for a second time, raises $70 million
Beresheet 2 mission hopes to launch in 2024 and will see double landing of two small crafts that will detach from mothership, one of them aiming for far side
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this June 19, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 command module pilot astronaut Michael Collins takes a break during training for the moon mission, in Cape Kennedy, Florida. (AP Photo/File)
April 29, 2021, 2:20 am
Michael Collins, Apollo 11’s 3rd astronaut who enabled moon landing, dies at 90
Sole member of mission who didn’t set foot on lunar surface operated the command module while his crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took giant leaps for mankind
By Issam Ahmed
Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy)
April 26, 2021, 1:44 pm
Making oxygen from moon sand, startup eyes long-term life in space
Tech developed by Helios melts lunar soil to extract oxygen for fuel, enabling lower payloads and lower costs for space missions
By Shoshanna Solomon
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