17 December 2015
Google Lunar XPRIZE deadline extended until next year
... team to produce a verified launch contract for a 2017 mission, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 Launcher via Spaceflight Industries. SpaceIL is not the only contender, as earlier this month Moon Express, Inc. received its official verification of their...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... X Prize, a competition that in the end, no team won. However, a concessionary US$1 million in funds was recently awarded to the SpaceIL team behind the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft for their near successful attempt at landing on the lunar surface...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
...” of 31 March 2018. Despite this, on 11 April 2019, the Foundation awarded US$1 million to the Israeli non-profit organisation SpaceIL after its Beresheet lander crashed onto the lunar surface. The failure of Beresheet to complete its mission...
03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... Earth and is scheduled for launch and instalment on the ISS in April. Last, but certainly not least, SpaceIL (Israel), Moon Express (US), Synergy Moon (International), and Team Indus (India) will find out at the end...
08 October 2018
A round-up of news from this years IAC
... advantage of the global presence at the IAC to sign two further agreements with Israel and Japan. For SpaceIL’s up and coming mission to the Moon, which is expected to launch in 2019, NASA has agreed to contribute a laser retroreflector...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
.... The race to the Moon, in one way or another, dominated the headlines throughout the year; India and SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) both strove to place their first lander on the Moon, but were...
