Beresheet on its Way to the Moon

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Doug Messier News 2 Comments

Beresheet Launched successfully! 🇮🇱
We received the first sign of life & data from #Beresheet & the #spacecraft deployed its landing legs as expected. 🙌 #israeltothemoon @ILAerospaceIAI @ILSpaceAgency pic.twitter.com/Lmc9LhGaoo
— Israel To The Moon (@TeamSpaceIL) February 22, 2019

The Falcon 9 launched as scheduled on Thursday, delivering a communications satellite to geosynchronous orbit and sending SpaceIL’s Beresheet lunar lander to the moon. The landing is scheduled for April 11.

Andrew Tubbiolo
Congrats to the Beresheet team and SpaceX. That video on TLI departure was as always amazing. Another superior performance by SpaceX, with a great landing out at sea to boot. Those folks really know how to use a planet.
duheagle
Congratulations to the whole Beresheet team. I will be eagerly following the mission, especially the landing. It’s scheduled for what would have been my late father’s 110th birthday.