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The Japanese mission #HAKUTO-R was supposed to land on the #Moon two days ago, but it is now believed that the spacecraft crashed into the surface. This spacecraft was built by the privately funded company #ispace.

This failure follows on the crash of the #Beresheet lander on April 11 2019 that was built by the private Israeli company #SpaceIL.

This year we will see three more landing attempts by the private US companies #Astrobotics and #IntuitiveMachines.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01441-y

#Beresheet
"The #ceremony of installing the disk containing the #LunarLibrary in the #spacecraft was a #publicity stunt. Delivering the spacecraft to the #LaunchSite was also a #show for the #media – from the transport to Ben Gurion #Airport with the completely #unnecessary #police escort, to its loading onto the cargo plane ✈️.
It seems that the #debate over whether #tardigrades can #survive on the #moon has reached well beyond the #space buffs’ circles https://davidson.weizmann.ac.il/en/online/sciencepanorama/what-happened-beresheet

#SpaceCompany #SpaceIL #marketing

Israeli Group Announces Second Moonshot by 2024 - The Beresheet lunar landing ended in a crash last year, but the nonprofit SpaceIL wants to try aga... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/science/israel-moon-beresheet-2.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #unitedarabemirates #spaceandastronomy #winetraubyonatan #damarikfir #spaceil #israel #moon

David Copperfield’s secret magic techniques crash-landed on the Moon - The loss of Israel’s Beresheet lander during its descent to the lunar surface was unfortunate, but t... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/clBRuElXiE4/ #davidcopperfield #beresheet #gadgets #spaceil #israel #space #tc

After its first attempt botched the landing, SpaceIL commits to second Beresheet lunar mission - The minds behind Israel’s SpaceIL attempted lunar landing convened today to begin planning for a se... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xyDKPA7MdfA/ #israelaerospaceindustries #googlelunarxprize #peterdiamandis #electricity #moonlanding #spaceflight #outerspace #spacecraft #chairman #founder #spaceil #google #israel #xprize #moon #tc

Moon Landing Beckons for Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft - The far side of the moon, taken by SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft, from a distance of about 292 m... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/israel-moon-landing-beresheet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #spaceil #israel #moon

A private spacecraft from Israel will attempt a Moon landing Thursday - Enlarge / Beresheet captured this image of the Moon from an altitude of 500km. (credit: SpaceIL)
... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1489501 #beresheet #science #falcon9 #spaceil #israel #space #nasa