Beresheet 2: Israeli SpaceIL Announces New Mission to Land Spacecraft on Moon
21:12 13.04.2019
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Morris Kahn, a billionaire who founded Israeli firm SpaceIL, announced on Saturday a new mission to land the world's first privately-funded spacecraft on the Moon.
"In the light of all the support, I got from all over the world… I decided that we are going to establish Beresheet 2. We are going to build a new spacecraft, we are going to put it on the moon and complete the mission", Kahn said.
In a video address shared by SpaceIl on Twitter, the Israeli-South American tycoon said a task force would meet for a sit-down first thing on Sunday morning to plan the project and begin the work.
The Beresheet mission ended in a disappointment after the spacecraft crashed on the lunar surface on 11 April after its main engine failed.
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