Moon landing

Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon

The lunar lander will be used to transport astronauts between the lunar orbit and the moon's surface, as well as serving as a living space, power source, and data center.

 A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang'e-6 probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024
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 The moon passes by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spaceship ahead of its landing, February 24, 2025, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained from social media.

US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft

 The moon

Chinese scientists use lunar soil to produce water, state media reports


NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

The image was taken some 56 miles from the surface of the moon by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA releases photo of Israeli moonshot’s crash site

Beresheet crash site photos released by NASA

Space IL launched Beresheet on February 22 and after multiple maneuvers attempted to land the spacecraft on the moon, but a technical error during the landing caused the spacecraft to crash.

Left: Beresheet impact site. Right: An image processed to highlight changes near the landing site among photos taken before and after the landing

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The population has grown more than 11-fold since the country was established in 1948.

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SpaceIL CEO steps down after 'great success' of Beresheet

Anteby concludes 15 months in the role after succeeding former CEO Eran Privman in February 2018.

Ido Anteby, SpaceIL's CEO stands in front of Beresheet

Beresheet, resilience and the Jewish people

A simple and elegant way to define resilience in layman’s terms is, “the ability to at all times and under all circumstances retain one’s basic humanity.”

A SPACEX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Israel’s first spacecraft designed to land on the moon lifts off on the first privately-funded lunar mission at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Government to inject $5.6 million into Beresheet 2 project

"The Beresheet project fascinated and united all Israeli citizens," Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

The Beresheet mission

On the moon, but not over the moon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) is flanked by (from left) two of the SpaceIL co-founders Yariv Bash, Yonatan Winetraub, SpaceIL President Morris Kahn and IAI Chairman Harel Locker, and his wife Sara (from the right)

Israel's journey to the moon is not over

“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again.”

Kfir Damari, Yonatan Winetraub, Morris Kahn and Yariv Bash

My Word: Reaching for the Moon and freedom to choose

Like many in Israel and around the world, I held my breath on Thursday, April 11, as I watched what I hoped would be the successful landing of the SpaceIL lunar probe Beresheet on the Moon.

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet takes a selfie 37,600 km from Earth.

SpaceIL reveals preliminary reasons behind Beresheet crash

"I am proud of SpaceIL's team of engineers for their wonderful work and dedication," said SpaceIL President Morris Kahn.

Far side of the moon by Beresheet, April 10, 2019