Genesis 2

Engineering model of the Genesis 2 lander. Courtesy of SPACEIL

Genesis 2 lunar spacecraft project frozen. SpaceIL will continue to operate as an educational non-profit organization

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SpaceIL has closed all lander development activities for Operation Genesis 2 and will remain only with educational activities.
From the right: Moshe Medina, Director of the Beresheet 2 Mission Program - SpaceIL, Maria Cerra Noto, Director of International Relations at the Italian Space Agency, Shaked Meir Ben-Shoshan, Director of International Relations at the Israeli Space Agency, Uri Oron, Director of the Israeli Space Agency, Prof. Teodoro Valente, Director of the Italian Space Agency, Shimon Sarid, Director of SpaceIL. Photo: Oz Shechter, GPO

A cooperation agreement was signed between Israel and Italy to advance the Beresheet space mission to the Moon.

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The two countries will jointly manage the mission, each country will conduct advanced experiments on the lunar surface and its surroundings, advanced technologies will be developed, and resources will be dedicated to scientific education.
Engineering model of the Genesis 2 lander. Courtesy of SPACEIL

The Knesset Committee for Public Enterprises is discussing the rescue of the Genesis 2 project that was damaged by the war

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Prof. Dan Bloomberg, chairman of the Israel Space Agency: "We faced a crisis of students in the STEM fields - which resulted from changes in Israeli society. A project like 'Bereshit' motivates students to become interested and end up studying engineering
A selfie sent by the Genesis spacecraft from 22 km above the moon during the landing process that ultimately failed. Photo by SPACEIL and the Aerospace Industry.

Len Levtnik donated one million dollars to the initial start-up of the Genesis 2 project

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A selfie sent by the Genesis spacecraft from 22 km above the moon during the landing process that ultimately failed. Photo by SPACEIL and the Aerospace Industry.

Genesis 2 mission canceled

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The spaceship in Genesis. Imaging: SpaceIL and the Aerospace Industry.

"The Ministry of Science will budget for 'Genesis 2' at 20 million, double that of Genesis 1"

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