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Israeli Spacecraft Aims for Moon Landing within Months


(Times of Israel) Stuart Winer and Shoshanna Solomon - On Feb. 13, 2019, an Israeli-built unmanned spacecraft is expected to land on the moon, having blasted off from Earth two months earlier, project managers said Tuesday. If all goes well, the SpaceIL craft will join Russia, the U.S., and China in achieving a soft landing on the moon's surface. The probe will be launched in December from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The project, begun seven years ago as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE contest to put a craft on the moon, was conducted together with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). While none of the teams launched probes before the deadline, the SpaceIL group kept going after the contest. "We will put the Israeli flag on the moon," said Ido Anteby, CEO of SpaceIL. IAI director Yossi Weiss noted, "This is going to be the first privately run mission to the moon."
2018-07-13 00:00:00
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