Israel had pinned its hopes on becoming the fourth country to land softly on the moon, and although the country’s team failed on the first try, it still intends to try to claim that coveted title. Source: https://www.livescience.com/israel-beresheet-moon-lander-try-again.html
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India’s moon mission: “95% of mission objectives accomplished”
Saturday’s heartbreaking loss of contact with the Vikram lander – part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon – hasn’t changed the upbeat tone of India’s space science. Here’s what we know so far. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/india-chandrayaan-2-vikram-loss-of-contact-what-next…
Contact with India moon lander lost, moments before touchdown
The Vikram lander was to have made India the 4th nation of Earth to soft land on the moon. Contact with it was lost just 1.3 miles (2.1 km) above the moon’s surface. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/india-chandrayaan-2-vikram-lander-lost-contact…
Did these tardigrades survive crash-landing on the moon?
When Israel’s Beresheet lunar spacecraft crashed in April 2019, there were thousands of microscopic, dehydrated tardigrades – water bears – aboard. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tardigrades-lunar-library-beresheet-spacecraft-crash-moon…
Tardigrades: We’re now polluting the moon with near indestructible little creatures
An Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet almost made it to the moon in April. It took a selfie with the lunar surface in the background, but then lost contact with Earth and presumably crashed onto the lunar surface. Now it’s been revealed that the mission was carrying a cargo of dehydrated microscopic lifeforms known as tardigrades. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-08-tardigrades-polluting-moon-indestructible-creatures.html…
Tardigrades Are Now On the Moon Thanks To a Crashed Israeli Spacecraft
Tardigrades, the microsopic water-dwelling animals that can survive almost any environment, may be on the moon thanks to an Israeli spacecraft called Beresheet. The spacecraft was carrying thousands of dehydrated tardigrades (among other cargo) when it crashed due to glitches with the landing process. CNET reports: The Israeli spacecraft was transporting Arch Mission’s first lunar library, a digital archive holding the…
See Beresheet spacecraft’s impact site on moon
NASA released before and after images of the spot on the moon where Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft crash-landed on April 11. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/see-beresheet-spacecraft-impact-crash-site-moon…
Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crash site spotted on moon
SpaceIL, an Israeli nonprofit organization, is dedicated to landing the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon. Beresheet was their first attempt at meeting this goal. While the spacecraft did land, it first touched the surface about 1000 meters per second faster than intended. The mishap occurred late in the descent profile when the main engine failed—resulting in a very low-angle (…
Grave of Israeli Lunar Lander Spotted by NASA Spacecraft
A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft spotted the probable remains of an Israeli spacecraft that crash-landed on the moon last month. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65489-crash-site-of-beresheet-moon-lander.html
India aims for 1st landing near moon’s south pole
The moon’s south pole has never been explored from the ground, but India’s new Chandrayaan-2 mission will attempt a 1st-ever landing there, with a rover, this September. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/india-mission-chandrayaan-2-moon-south-pole…