{"id":18458,"date":"2019-04-11T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18458"},"modified":"2019-04-11T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:55:39","slug":"webcast-spaceil-to-land-beresheet-on-the-moon-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18458","title":{"rendered":"Webcast: SpaceIL to land Beresheet on the Moon today [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ Update 2<\/strong>: The final image returned from Beresheet as it came down the lunar surface:<\/p>\n

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Update 3:30 pm EDT<\/strong>: Unfortunately, Beresheet failed to make a soft landing. The descent was going as planned but then the main engine cut off and could not be restarted before it was too late.<\/p>\n

The good news is that a low-cost privately funded and designed lunar project successfully for the first time reached the Moon’s surface after successfully going into lunar orbit, also a first for a private project.<\/p>\n

The spacecraft made a selfie made during the descent:<\/p>\n

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Today Israel’s SpaceIL<\/a> team plans to send the Beresheet<\/a> (which translates to “genesis” or “in the beginning”) spacecraft from its orbit around the Moon down to the surface for a soft (we hope) landing. The de-orbit operation will start at 22:05 Israeli time (UTC+03:00) or 04:05 in Tokyo, 05:05 in Sydney,12:05 in Los Angeles, 14:05 in Mexico City, 15:05 in New York, 16:05 in Rio, 20:05 in London, 21:05 in Paris. The landing should happen about 20 minutes later.<\/p>\n

A live webcast of the landing will begin about 20 minutes before de-orbiting begins:<\/p>\n