Posted on 04/11/2019 6:49:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin
To date, three countries have landed on the moon. Today, that number may become four.
Israel launched its first lunar mission, a spacecraft called Beresheet, on Feb. 21, riding piggyback on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It spent six weeks orbiting Earth in leisurely, ever-widening circles before slipping into orbit around the moon on April 4. It remained there for a week, preparing for the defining moment of the mission: attempting to touch down softly on the moon's surface.
That moment comes today (April 11), around 3 or 4 p.m. EDT (1700 or 1800 GMT) — the exact time has yet to be announced. The Beresheet mission partners — nonprofit organization SpaceIL and government-owned aerospace company Israel Aerospace Industries — will livestream events surrounding the landing from mission control. You can watch the broadcast on Space.com or on SpaceIL's Facebook page.
SpaceIL's webcast will begin at 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 GMT). It will be 9:45 p.m. local time at SpaceIL's control center in Yehud, Israel.
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Israel puts spacecraft on the moon, the Muzzies put suicide vests on children. But remember all culture are equal.
https://youtu.be/R6wxp3Z_zks
Thank You for posting BenLurkin!
In other news today the Islamic Space Program is attempting its first experimental paper airplane flight. If successful manned flights are planned for after next Al-Hijra.
They’ll have a robot step out and CORRECTLY say:
“One step for A man, one giant leap for mankind.”
He screwed it up, THAT is why he paused —he caught himself.
He blew it.
My mistake: “Jews in Space” was in Brook’s “History of the World.”
Israel puts spacecraft on the moon, the Muzzies put suicide vests on children. But remember all culture are equal.
“If at first you don’t succeed, you try again.”
Is it a wild Beresheet?
Does a Beresheet in the woods?
“We are on the moon, but not in the way we wanted. But we will check again.”
The spacecraft appears to have crashed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/beresheet-landing-fails/
Interesting turn of events.
One of my kids works for NASA and sent out a youtube link of the event. The kids were all commenting and wondering what was really going on since the feed was in Hebrew.
My son was providing some better details until the lander crashed.
Heard a radio report - it didn’t make it.
Good point.
And we will Try and Try again!
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