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Israeli mission to the moon

March 9 , 2019 1961 days 670 0
  • An Israeli spacecraft on its maiden mission to the moon has sent its first selfie back to Earth.
  • The image shows a part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in the background.
  • NGO SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries launched the unmanned Beresheet (Hebrew for Genesis) from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
  • So far, only Russia, the United States and China have made the 384,000-kilometre journey and landed on the moon.

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