Posts Tagged: SpaceIL
SpaceIL and Parasol Foundation Launch NIS 1.5 Million Program to Boost Women in Space Industry
CTech - The Parasol Foundation and SpaceIL announced on Tuesday the launch of their new program, Parasol Foundation Women in SpaceIL, which will work to...
Israeli Startup Inks Venture With German Space Firm to Test Oxygen Production on Mission to Moon
Israeli startup Helios has signed an agreement with German manufacturer of satellites OHB System AG to test its technology for the production of oxygen and...
SpaceIL Issues International Call for Experiments to Send Aboard Beresheet 2
CTech - Nearly a year after Israeli startup SpaceIL announced its second lunar mission, coined Beresheet 2, which is slated to be launched into space...
SpaceIL Raises $70 Million for Israel’s Next Lunar Mission
CTech - The SpaceIL Foundation announced on Sunday that it completed an investment round of $70 million that will pave the way for the State...
Billionaire Len Blavatnik Aims for the Moon With $1 Million SpaceIL Grant
CTech - Billionaire businessman Len Blavatnik has given a $1 million grant to SpaceIL, the Israeli nonprofit organization behind Beresheet, the unmanned spacecraft that crashed...
Israel Doubles Down on Beresheet 2.0
CTech - Israel is doubling its support for the next Beresheet project, pledging NIS 20 million for the cause, the Israeli Minister of Science, Technology,...
The Challenge for Beresheet 2.0: Landing on the Moon and Sticking to the Budget
CTech - On Sunday, SpaceIL president and main investor Morris Kahn held a first meeting for the Beresheet II project, which aims for a second...
Israel Plans New Moonshot After Maiden Mission Fails
The aerospace company behind Israel's failed first moonshot said on Saturday it would pursue a second mission with funds raised from private donors and the...
Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon During Landing Attempt
Israel’s inaugural Beresheet spacecraft failed to land safely on the Moon on Thursday night, after mission controllers lost contact with the vehicle during the landing procedure. The...
Beresheet to Land on Moon Tonight
CTech - Israeli spacecraft Beresheet is gearing up for the end of its voyage. After traveling 6.5 million kilometers in space and orbiting both the...
Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet to Perform Lunar Capture Thursday
CTech - Israeli spacecraft Beresheet is gearing up to enter the moon’s orbit by performing lunar capture on Thursday, 5:15 pm Israel time. Unlike previous...
Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet Passes Earth One Last Time Before Lunar Capture
CTech - Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has passed close to earth — only 1,700 kilometers away — for the last time on Sunday, SpaceIL, the Israeli...
Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Advances on Its Lunar Journey
CTech - SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) successfully completed Israeli spacecraft Beresheet’s first maneuver in orbit, taking into account the limitations previously identified with...
Selfie-Taking Israeli Spacecraft to Take Off to the Moon This Week
CTech - The first Israeli moon-landing spacecraft is planned to be carried into space this week, Israeli state-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI)...
