Israeli group says it will make a second attempt to land on the Moon | Ars Technica

The moon, taken by Beresheet at an altitude of 500km

On Saturday, just two days after the Beresheet spacecraft crashed into the Moon, the president of SpaceIL said the organization would move forward. Beginning this week, Morris Kahn said, a new task force would learn from the organization’s failures and begin developing a new plan for a Beresheet 2 spacecraft.

“We’re going to build a new spacecraft, we’re going to put it on the Moon, and we’re going to complete the mission,” said Kahn, a billionaire who personally donated $40 million to the private Israeli effort.

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SpaceIL – Beresheet’s Journey to the Moon | YouTube

All going well, Israel’s Lunar Lander is due to land on the Moon on April 11.  Here’s an illustration of its amazing journey through space.  Quite a technological feat.