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Israeli Company is gearing up to land its Spacecraft on the Moon

Israeli Company is gearing up to land its Spacecraft on the Moon
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An Israeli company dealing in space voyage is attempting to launch in 2018 year end, it is claimed. The private company SpaceIL and the government-controlled Israel Aerospace Industries will be launching their unmanned craft in December, it is claimed.

Thus, Israel would become the fourth country to enter in the club to land a craft on the moon, after the US, the Soviet Union and China.

SpaceIL will ship the concerned module to the United States facility in the month of November 2018. The craft of 585 kilograms will be picked by a SpaceX Falcon rocket to enter Earth’s orbit initially. Later, it will slingshot around the planet several times to reach the moon. After its landing, the craft will transmit images of space and relay data about the moon’s different aspects, mainly the magnetism for research purposes.

The project, largely funded by South African-Israeli billionaire Morris Kahn and other donors will invest $95 million, which will be funded jointly by both organizations. The date of February 13 has been scheduled for the landing. The company termed it a tremendous achievement in the field of space exploration.

It may be recalled that SpaceIL was started in 2011. It was basically founded for assisting Google’s Lunar Xprize, which challenged private companies worldwide to explore ways and means to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Its journey was not smooth too. The company got scrapped earlier this year when it became clear none of the five companies would be able to meet a March deadline.

This time, the SpaceIL’s spacecraft team is confident that December’s launch will commence on time.

The company claims that the aim of the mission is not only to put an Israeli spacecraft on the moon but it is here to inspire a generation of Israelis to pursue careers in math, pure science and streams of engineering.

Israel has developed itself as a technological giant in recent times with the help of high-tech companies and drawing large international investment. The point of satisfaction for them is that much of the module’s onboard computers are being developed and produced locally.

The lunar mission will last just two days after it touches down the surface of the moon. The SpaceIL team of the mission is confident that putting an Israeli-made module on the moon could help maintain Israel’s technological momentum for prospective years.

It is a sort of Apollo effect in the United States, a spokesperson of the company said on a positive effect. He referred to a lot of interest, the mission created in science and engineering when the US spaceship landed on the moon in the historic event in 1969.

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