Flight

Beresheet

2019-02-22 · landing 2019-04-11 · Beresheet · failed

SpaceIL / IAI Beresheet, private/national hybrid soft-landing attempt.

$100,000,000 public package award.

Stack

PrimeSpaceIL

VehicleBeresheet

Launch vehicleFalcon 9

SiteMare Serenitatis (intended)

Themes

LandersCommercial cargo landers and human landing systems.

Science & sensingComposition, radiation, dust, heat, and the lunar environment.

Getting thereLaunch vehicles, transfer stages, and in-space refuel.

Surface powerPower that stays on after landing: solar arrays, batteries, night survival, and shared surface power.

Vehicle systems & materialsEngines, tanks, seals, thermal protection, structure, electrical power, and avionics in the vehicle stack.

Earth prep · AIT & integrationBuilding and qualifying the stack on Earth: assembly, integration, test, and payload hang before launch.

Lasers, mapping & navigationLidar, cameras, retroreflectors, and landing navigation.

Tech demosHardware and software proving themselves in the real lunar environment before becoming standard kit.

Companies

Prime

SpaceILBeresheet lander delivery (SpaceIL / IAI)

Named on this flight

Weizmann Institute of ScienceBeresheet magnetometer (Weizmann / SpaceIL)

NASALRA laser retroreflector array (Beresheet)

Named suppliers

SpaceTech GmbHSpaceTech solar arrays (Beresheet)

Beyond Gravity (ex-RUAG Space)RUAG / Beyond Gravity 3D-printed engine mount (Beresheet)

Arch Mission FoundationArch Mission Lunar Library / time capsule (Beresheet)

Nammo UKLEROS 2b main engine (Nammo UK · Beresheet)

Israel Aerospace IndustriesBeresheet lander delivery (SpaceIL / IAI)

SpaceXFalcon 9 launch (Beresheet)

Spaceflight IndustriesSpaceflight Industries rideshare integration (Beresheet)

Jobs

Arch Mission Lunar Library / time capsule (Beresheet)

Arch Mission Foundation Lunar Library (multi-layer archive / cultural time-capsule elements) aboard SpaceIL Beresheet. · Arch Mission Foundation · archmission.org

Beresheet lander delivery (SpaceIL / IAI)

SpaceIL Beresheet private lunar lander (with Israel Aerospace Industries). · SpaceIL · science.nasa.gov

Beresheet magnetometer (Weizmann / SpaceIL)

A Weizmann Institute magnetometer on Beresheet, built to measure lunar magnetic fields. · Weizmann Institute of Science · spaceil.com

Falcon 9 launch (Beresheet)

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched SpaceIL's Beresheet lander on 21 February 2019. · SpaceX · spacex.com

Florida Falcon ops for commercial lunar launches

Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy operations launch CLPS and private lunar landers, including Intuitive Machines, Firefly, ispace, and Astrobotic Griffin. · SpaceX · nasa.gov

LEROS 2b main engine (Nammo UK · Beresheet)

Nammo UK LEROS 2b bipropellant apogee engine powered SpaceIL/IAI Beresheet LOI/deceleration path (2019). · Nammo UK · nammo.com

LRA laser retroreflector array (Beresheet)

NASA GSFC mini Laser Retroreflector Array on SpaceIL Beresheet. · NASA · science.nasa.gov

RUAG / Beyond Gravity 3D-printed engine mount (Beresheet)

RUAG Space (now Beyond Gravity) designed/qualified aluminum AM main-engine mount for Beresheet. · Beyond Gravity (ex-RUAG Space) · metal-am.com

Spaceflight Industries rideshare integration (Beresheet)

Spaceflight Industries arranged Falcon 9 secondary payload launch integration for SpaceIL Beresheet. · Spaceflight Industries · spacenews.com

SpaceTech solar arrays (Beresheet)

SpaceTech GmbH delivered solar array panels for SpaceIL's Beresheet lander. · SpaceTech GmbH · spacetech-i.com

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Sources

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