Beresheet was a demonstrator lunar lander and probe operated by the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL together with Israel Aerospace Industries, intended to land a small robotic spacecraft on the Moon. Its aims included promoting careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics among young people, and delivering a magnetometer, a time capsule and a laser retroreflector to the lunar surface. The lander gyroscopes failed on April 11, 2019, causing its main engine to shut off, and Beresheet crashed onto the Moon rather than completing a soft landing.
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Spacecraft Type ManufacturerSpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries 1 Status
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Source Beresheet - Wikipedia
Source Beresheet - Wikipedia
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1. Beresheet - Wikipedia
Infobox, Spacecraft type
Lunar lander
Infobox, Launch date
22 February 2019, 01:45 UTC
Infobox, Manufacturer
SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries
Infobox, Status
Destroyed upon impact on the Moon surface
- In Group: Commercial Lunar Landers, lead sentence: small robotic lunar lander operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, a private effort
Operated By: Israel Aerospace Industries, Lead paragraph, operator
Beresheet (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית, Bərēšīṯ, lit. 'In the beginning'; Book of Genesis) was a demonstrator of a small robotic lunar lander and lunar probe operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries.
Operated By: SpaceIL, Lead paragraph, operator
Beresheet (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית, Bərēšīṯ, lit. 'In the beginning'; Book of Genesis) was a demonstrator of a small robotic lunar lander and lunar probe operated by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries.
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