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Beresheet: Apolune 466
A few weeks ago I wrote this post about Israel’s efforts to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon and become only the fourth nation to do so successfully.
Yesterday, the Beresheet spacecraft successfully completed a critical maneuver, establishing its orbit around the moon with a greatest distance from the moon — an apolune — of 466 miles, and a perilune (closest distance) of 285 miles.
It is expected to complete its journey this week, as planned, when it lands, on Thursday the 11th, in the Mare Serenitatis — the Sea of Serenity.
Published in Science & Technology
Cool!
The little
enginenation that could. Bravo!I just posted this on your old post, before I saw this one. The latest photos, but these of the dark side of the moon, with Earth in the distance. Very cool; very wow.
Getting closer to a great accomplishment!
And, of course, I’ve heard none of this on the Maim-Stream Media.
It’s too bad about all those Palestinian rockets that are falling short. They’ll get it right some day!
This is truly exciting stuff.
Yeah, this didn’t get much coverage. Bomb shelters nearby, fortunately. Dogs weren’t so lucky. Of course PETA will blame the Jews for not getting the dogs to the shelter…
OK, but how long until there are Jews on the Moon?
(Though even if they don’t send astronauts, it would still be a great name for a band.)