Israel Sets Sights On 2024 Unmanned Moon Landing
Muhammad Irfan Published December 10, 2020 | 01:50 AM
Jerusalem, Dec 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Dec, 2020 ) :Israel launched Wednesday the Beresheet 2 project aimed at landing an unmanned craft on the moon in 2024, after a previous such mission had crashed into the lunar surface.
The original Beresheet, Hebrew for "Genesis", was a tall, oddly shaped 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) spacecraft built by Israeli NGO SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries.
It had reached the moon in April 2019, but suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land.
On Wednesday, SpaceIL was hosted by Israeli Science Minister Yizhar Shai at the residence of President Reuven Rivlin, who said the project "was an opportunity to freshen our outlook".
"This is a chance to remind ourselves of our responsibility to Earth," Rivlin said.
Shai, whose office's space administration is involved in the project, said he expected Beresheet 2 would "redefine the limits of what's possible and establish Israel as an innovation powerhouse."Beresheet 2 will be comprised of three adjacent spacecrafts.
Only Russia, the United States and China have made the 384,000-kilometre (239,000-mile) journey and landed safely on the Moon.
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