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Israel will be the fourth country to land on the moon
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SpaceIL said the probe would be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in December on a Falcon 9 rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company.
It is expected to land on the Moon in February 2019.
The spacecraft will plant an Israeli flag on the Moon's surface and carry out research into its magnetic field.
SpaceIL's project began as part of the Google Lunar XPrize, which offered $30m (£23m) in prizes to inspire people to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. However, the competition expired this March , with the $20m grand prize for landing on the Moon unclaimed.
Despite the setback, SpaceIL continued developing its spacecraft, which is being built in co-operation with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a state-owned firm.
So far it has spent about $88.5m, much of which it has received from the South African-born Israeli billionaire businessmen Morris Kahn.
Ido Anteby, CEO of SpaceIL, told a news conference in the Israeli town of Yehud on Tuesday that its probe would be the smallest yet to land on the Moon.
It is about 2m (6.6ft) in diameter and 1.5m high, and will weigh only 585kg (1,300lb) at launch. More than 400kg of that weight is fuel that will be burnt off by the time it lands on the Moon.
The spacecraft is a "hopper", which will land and then take off again with the fuel left in its propulsion system, and then perform another landing 500m away, which was a condition of the XPrize.
If successful, SpaceIL's mission will make Israel the fourth country in the world to "soft land" a probe on the surface of the Moon - after the former Soviet Union, the United States and China.
It is expected to land on the Moon in February 2019.
The spacecraft will plant an Israeli flag on the Moon's surface and carry out research into its magnetic field.
SpaceIL's project began as part of the Google Lunar XPrize, which offered $30m (£23m) in prizes to inspire people to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. However, the competition expired this March , with the $20m grand prize for landing on the Moon unclaimed.
Despite the setback, SpaceIL continued developing its spacecraft, which is being built in co-operation with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a state-owned firm.
So far it has spent about $88.5m, much of which it has received from the South African-born Israeli billionaire businessmen Morris Kahn.
Ido Anteby, CEO of SpaceIL, told a news conference in the Israeli town of Yehud on Tuesday that its probe would be the smallest yet to land on the Moon.
It is about 2m (6.6ft) in diameter and 1.5m high, and will weigh only 585kg (1,300lb) at launch. More than 400kg of that weight is fuel that will be burnt off by the time it lands on the Moon.
The spacecraft is a "hopper", which will land and then take off again with the fuel left in its propulsion system, and then perform another landing 500m away, which was a condition of the XPrize.
If successful, SpaceIL's mission will make Israel the fourth country in the world to "soft land" a probe on the surface of the Moon - after the former Soviet Union, the United States and China.
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jews of angmo mixed stock are truly dua kee and out of this world.
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Btw I like the nice firing missiles in the video. That’s all. No other meaning of supporting putin or any nuke war. Ok everyone?
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This mission is mostly funded by private, they don’t even need much govt support to reach the moon. Just like Elon musk!
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@musashi aka flatearth shit clone why dare not post here your conman talk of NASA, satellite, moon landing etc are all conspiracy and fake? You are already proven to be the 36 year old flatearth shit clone and that was what you flatearth shit strongly said to be the truth but now more and more private parties like Elon musk and this soon to be fourth landing on moon privately funded mission are slapping you vain stupid man!
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Proven @musashi is the most vain and stupid ccb Malaysian son of whore!
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Proven your word proven is like your lies based on hot air whereas mine is based on solid facts. Ccb Malaysian son of pahang whore is shameless!Proven you are the forums resident KGK.
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Come lah @musashi flatearth shit come and prove your vanity as superior man saying moon landing is a hoax by all!
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Confirmed @musashi vain shit run off with tails in between its legs!
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Hahahahaha ccb Malaysian son of whore @musashi proven a vain and stupid man acting superior got angry and go to the other thread spewing lies of me say I have sex with men before I got married. That’s how ccb Malaysians are! Loser hate to lose will do anything underhanded to win including vicious lies of me based on hot air and stealing my photos and spread until Indian Iran!
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Ccb Malaysians Boring just get lost from me!
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En sport, la quatrième place est souvent vue comme la pire de toutes. Il n’en va pas de même en matière d’exploration spatiale où le quatrième est toujours considéré comme un pionnier.
Israël devait s’enorgueillir d’ajouter son nom à la très courte liste (Russie, Etats-Unis, Chine) des pays qui ont fait se poser un engin sur la Lune. Sa sonde Bereshit devait se poser, jeudi 11 avril à 22 heures (heure de Paris), dans la mer de la Sérénité, plaine basaltique située dans l’hémisphère nord du satellite de la Terre.
Elle s’est toutefois écrasée lors de son alunissage, en raison d’une panne de son moteur survenue à la dernière minute, a déclaré, jeudi soir, le centre de contrôle de la mission. « La sonde Bereshit n’a pas achevé avec succès son alunissage sur la Lune », pouvait-on lire dans un message diffusé par le centre, basé près de Tel-Aviv.
Google translate:
In sports, fourth place is often seen as the worst of all. The same is not true of space exploration, where the fourth is still considered a pioneer.
Israel was proud to add its name to the very short list (Russia, United States, China) of the countries that had landed on the moon. His probe Bereshit was to arise, Thursday, April 11 at 22 hours (Paris time), in the sea of Serenity, basaltic plain located in the northern hemisphere of the satellite of the Earth.
She crashed during her moon landing because of a last-minute engine failure, the mission control center said Thursday night. "The Bereshit spacecraft did not successfully complete its lunar landing on the moon," it said in a message broadcast by the center, based near Tel Aviv.
Israël devait s’enorgueillir d’ajouter son nom à la très courte liste (Russie, Etats-Unis, Chine) des pays qui ont fait se poser un engin sur la Lune. Sa sonde Bereshit devait se poser, jeudi 11 avril à 22 heures (heure de Paris), dans la mer de la Sérénité, plaine basaltique située dans l’hémisphère nord du satellite de la Terre.
Elle s’est toutefois écrasée lors de son alunissage, en raison d’une panne de son moteur survenue à la dernière minute, a déclaré, jeudi soir, le centre de contrôle de la mission. « La sonde Bereshit n’a pas achevé avec succès son alunissage sur la Lune », pouvait-on lire dans un message diffusé par le centre, basé près de Tel-Aviv.
Google translate:
In sports, fourth place is often seen as the worst of all. The same is not true of space exploration, where the fourth is still considered a pioneer.
Israel was proud to add its name to the very short list (Russia, United States, China) of the countries that had landed on the moon. His probe Bereshit was to arise, Thursday, April 11 at 22 hours (Paris time), in the sea of Serenity, basaltic plain located in the northern hemisphere of the satellite of the Earth.
She crashed during her moon landing because of a last-minute engine failure, the mission control center said Thursday night. "The Bereshit spacecraft did not successfully complete its lunar landing on the moon," it said in a message broadcast by the center, based near Tel Aviv.
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