(JNS) Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)'s first lunar spacecraft left Israel on Jan. 17 for Florida, ahead of launching from Cape Canaveral in mid-February. The spacecraft is named Beresheet (Hebrew for "in the beginning"). "After eight years of hard work, our dream has come true: We finally have a spacecraft," said SpaceIL CEO Ido Anteby. Upon completing its lunar mission - the first in Israel's history and the first that's privately funded - Israel would join superpowers China, Russia and the U.S. in landing a spacecraft on the moon.
2019-01-25 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive