Category: spaceil

Eat your heart out, Soundgarden

Post author By Randall
Post date April 14, 2019
Categories In after math, aftermath, column, falcon heavy, Nasa, opinion, rockets, Space, spaceil, Spacex, starship, Tech, tomorrow, virginorbit

[ad_1] Self-healing space suits among 18 ideas to receive NASA funding If the recent cancellation of what would have been the first all-women space walk showed us anything, it’s that we desperately need spacesuits designed for (and in) the 21st century. NASA agrees and announced this week that it is awarding funding to universities to […]

SpaceIL plans second private Moon lander despite crash

Post author By Randall
Post date April 13, 2019
Categories In beresheet, beresheet 2.0, gear, israel, lander, Moon, moon lander, Space, spaceflight, spaceil, Tech, Video

[ad_1] SpaceIL's first attempt at a private Moon landing didn't go according to plan. However, that isn't deterring the team from giving it another shot. Founder Morris Khan has announced that the team will build another Beresheet lander and "complete the… [ad_2] Source link

Privately-owned Moon lander crashes in historic attempt

Post author By Randall
Post date April 11, 2019
Categories In beresheet, gear, israel, lander, lro, lunar reconnaissance orbiter, Moon, Nasa, Space, spacecraft, spaceflight, spaceil, Tech

[ad_1] SpaceIL was one of the finalists competing for Google’s Lunar Xprize. That challenge ended without a winner, but SpaceIL joined others in persevering. Even with the crash, Israel is been part of a very exclusive club — it’s only the fourth country to put a vehicle on the Moon (in one state or another) […]