With SpaceIL's Beresheet mission, Israel became the fourth country in the world to touch down on the Moon. It is also the first privately-funded Moon mission ever. To commemorate this historic event, we have compiled various press pieces around SpaceIL's mission of sending #IsraelToTheMoon...and beyond!
Periodicals
LANDING AND BEYOND
- 'Israel is Going Back to the Moon,' Announces SpaceIL Co-Founder (Calcaltech) - 12.9.20
- Israel's Moon Team are Stars in the Classroom (Jewish Week) - 10.10.19
- India’s and Israel’s Moon-Landing Attempts Both Failed During Descent — Here’s Why the ’15 Minutes of Terror’ are So Difficult (Business Insider) - 9.13.19
- Thousands of 'water bears' crash land on moon. They're practically indestructible (USA Today) - 8.8.19
- ‘Beresheet 2’ won’t attempt moon landing, SpaceIL searches for new challenge (Jewish News Syndicate) - 6.26.19
- Probe Finds ‘Manual Command’ Entered Beresheet Craft, Causing it to Crash (Times of Israel) - 4.18.19
- This Is the Last Photo Israel's Beresheet Moon Lander Ever Took (Space.com) - 4.18.19
- The Hunt is on for the Lunar Library that Crashed on the Moon Aboard Doomed Beresheet Probe (Fox News) - 4.17.19
- Incredibly Tough NASA Sensor may have Survived Moon Lander Crash (Futurism) - 4.17.19
- Investigation of Israeli Lunar Lander’s Crash Points to Human Factor (Yahoo News) - 4.17.19
- There may be a copy of Wikipedia somewhere on the moon. Here's how to help find it. (Mashable) - 4.16.19
- Beresheet Funder and Initiator Tapped to Light Torch on Independence Day (Jerusalem Post) - 4.15.19
IN ORBIT
- Israeli spacecraft successfully 'captured' by the moon (Arutz Sheva) - 4.4.19
- Watch live: Israel’s Beresheet lander heads for make-or-break maneuver to enter lunar orbit (Spaceflight Now) - 4.3.19
- X Prize Foundation offers “Moonshot Award” to SpaceIL (Space News) - 3.28.19
- Israeli team could win $1 million if their spacecraft sticks a lunar landing next month (Financial Post) - 3.28.19
- Israeli Spacecraft Beresheet Captures Sunrise from Space (Israel Hayom) - 3.26.19
- Landing Site Selection (Weizmann Institute)
- Lunar Landing Site Revealed (more info on the magnetometer) (Weizmann Institute) - 3.18.19
- Israel's Moon Shot: Small Step for the Government, Giant Leap for Israeli Chutzpah (Haaretz) - 2.27.19
- Setback for Israeli lunar lander as computer glitch prevents scheduled maneuver (Times of Israel) - 2.26.19
- תקלה במחשב: התמרון השני של החללית לירח - נדחה (in Hebrew, YNet News) - 2.26.19
- Israel’s Moon-bound Spaceship Beresheet Successfully Completes First Maneuver (Haaretz) - 2.25.19
- התמרון עבד, נותרה הבעיה בעוקב הכוכבים (in Hebrew, YNet News) - 2.25.19
PRE-LAUNCH
- SpaceIL, IAI to send time capsule on Israel's historic Moon mission (SpaceIL Press Release)
- What to expect when Beresheet launches to (and lands on) the Moon (The Planetary Society)
- Israeli spirits soar as Moon launch countdown begins (Israel21c)
- Israeli spacecraft set for launch to the moon (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
- Israel to the Moon (eJewish Philanthropy)
- Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Is Ready For First Privately Funded Launch To Moon (Tech Times)
- Looking Up: The Little Spaceship That Could (MediaNews Group)
- Israel Readies the First Privately Funded Mission to the Moon (ECN Magazine)
Video / TV Clips
- "Return to the Moon: Seconds to Arrival" (Discovery Channel)
(Clip - full episode available with subscription) - Beresheet Entering Lunar Orbit (SpaceIL / YNet)
- "The goal is to show that Israel can do it" (Arutz Sheva) - 3.27.19
- Israeli Moon Lander Captures Sunrise and Stretches Its Legs on Lunar Trip - 3.24.19
- Launch Compilation
- The Israelis who dream of going to the moon - and nothing will stop them (in Hebrew) (Mako / Keshet)
Podcasts
- The Triumph of a Failed Moon Landing (Planetary Society) - 4.17.19
with Yoav Landsman (Beresheet Deputy Mission Director, SpaceIL) and Morris Kahn (Chairman, SpaceIL)
- NPR Morning Edition "Israel Heads to the Moon" (2.18.2019)
- Rejuvenation: 'Little Spacecraft' Wants to Motivate Israeli Youth Around Space (The Land of Israel)