Beresheet 1 lunar lander
Beresheet 1 is a compact SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries lunar-lander design created from a Google Lunar X Prize effort. The privately funded spacecraft used a fuel-saving sequence of widening Earth orbits before lunar capture and an attempted powered descent.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Beresheet lunar landerSpaceIL BeresheetGenesis lunar lander
- Family Name
- Beresheet 1
- Full Name
- Beresheet 1 lunar lander
- Roles
- lander
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Beresheet 1 is a compact SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries lunar-lander design created from a Google Lunar X Prize effort. The privately funded spacecraft used a fuel-saving sequence of widening Earth orbits before lunar capture and an attempted powered descent.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 1
- Width M
- 2.3
- First Flight Year
- 2,019
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 585
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/beresheet/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:44:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:44:41 UTC
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