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Israel's first lunar mission to launch this week
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:46 pm
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Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israel is to launch its first moon mission this week, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA, organisers said Monday.
The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at around 0145 GMT on Friday.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and technology NGO SpaceIL announced the date at a press conference.
Mission control will be in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.
"We are entering history and are proud to belong to a group that has dreamed and fulfilled the vision shared by many countries in the world but that so far only three of them have accomplished," SpaceIL president Morris Kahn said.
So far only Russia, the United States and China have sent spacecraft to the moon.
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It will carry a "time capsule" loaded with digital files containing a Bible, children's drawings, Israeli songs, memories of a Holocaust survivor and the blue-and-white Israeli flag.
The $100-million project will measure the lunar magnetic field to help understanding of the moon's formation
Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israel is to launch its first moon mission this week, sending an unmanned spacecraft to collect data to be shared with NASA, organisers said Monday.
The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft is to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at around 0145 GMT on Friday.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and technology NGO SpaceIL announced the date at a press conference.
Mission control will be in Yehud, near Tel Aviv.
"We are entering history and are proud to belong to a group that has dreamed and fulfilled the vision shared by many countries in the world but that so far only three of them have accomplished," SpaceIL president Morris Kahn said.
So far only Russia, the United States and China have sent spacecraft to the moon.
..
It will carry a "time capsule" loaded with digital files containing a Bible, children's drawings, Israeli songs, memories of a Holocaust survivor and the blue-and-white Israeli flag.
The $100-million project will measure the lunar magnetic field to help understanding of the moon's formation
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Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:47 pm to DavidTheGnome
Bet it blows up soon after take off due to cheap material being used
i kid i kid
i kid i kid
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:51 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Bet it blows up soon after take off due to cheap material being used
Melt, anti-Semite.
This post was edited on 2/18/19 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 2/18/19 at 10:52 pm to DavidTheGnome
So in 70 years since its inception they are going to be the first country in the MENA region to put a probe on the moon. An indictment on the other countries surrounding it and a big credit for Israel for being able to achieve this. We need a new space race.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
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unmanned spacecraft
The US needs to put another man on the moon already
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:04 pm to GeorgiaTiger678
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An indictment on the other countries surrounding it
Considering the fact that they will only be the third country in history to do this, I'd say that this is incorrect.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:04 pm to Pelican fan99
They didn’t need to send a man.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:46 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Why?
It will carry a "time capsule" loaded with digital files containing a Bible, children's drawings, Israeli songs, memories of a Holocaust survivor and the blue-and-white Israeli flag.
quote:There's no way this is the real reason. China just sent one earlier this year, so it's really important to multiple people for some reason.
The $100-million project will measure the lunar magnetic field to help understanding of the moon's formation
And on the "far side" of the moon too. If Lubricated Butthole and Pink Floyd turn out to be right, it will be the dumbest Christmas ever.
And they'll see Yu on the dark side of the moon.
Posted on 2/18/19 at 11:51 pm to blueboy
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Why?
Digital "time capsule" so they saved a couple files to the onboard computer and get to have this free outreach item. Everybody on here tells me space research is all about keeping people interested afterwll.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 1:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
Didn't Mel Brooks make this movie already? Jews in Spaaaaaacceee!
It was a sequel to History of the World Pt. 1.
It was a sequel to History of the World Pt. 1.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
It had to be posted
This post was edited on 2/19/19 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
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The $100-million project
90 million? What do you need 80 million to go to the moon for?
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:29 pm to Pelican fan99
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The US needs to put another man on the moon already
No reason at all to do so.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:Cant have a lunar base without having a man there
No reason at all to do so.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:33 pm to DavidTheGnome
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The 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) Beresheet (Genesis) spacecraft
Does a Beresheet on the moon?
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:33 pm to stratman
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Didn't Mel Brooks make this movie already? Jews in Spaaaaaacceee!
And Hitler on ice!
Posted on 2/19/19 at 6:36 pm to TheHarahanian
A Viking Funeral!
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