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[UPDATED. 2019-04-11 03:30pm EDT (19:05 UTC): (From what I heard translated on the live feed.) It appears there was a problem with the main engine. They tried restarting and were able to restart it at one point. They lost telemetry a couple of times. Then it was reported that they lost the lander. Said they were only the 7th country to successfully orbit the moon. --martyb]
Private Spacecraft Attempts a Moon Landing Today:
It has been 48 days since the Beresheet spacecraft launched on a Falcon 9 rocket and began a spiraling series of orbits to raise itself toward the Moon. Last week, the 180kg vehicle fired its engines to enter into lunar orbit, and now the time has come for it to attempt a soft landing on the Moon.
No private company has ever achieved what SpaceIL, a private group organized in Israel to win the now defunct Google Lunar XPrize, is attempting. At 3:05pm EDT Thursday (19:05 UTC), the Beresheet vehicle will begin the landing process that will set it down at Mare Serenitatis (the "Sea of Serenity"), about 30 degrees north of the lunar equator. The actual landing should come about 20 minutes later.
Live coverage is available on YouTube.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday April 11 2019, @07:25PM (2 children)
I was not able to watch. Kept cutting out -- which is unusual for YouTube.
My friend who was able to watch IMed me and said it wasn't in English.
While I have learned the Hebrew alphabet, and can sound out written words like a first grader learning to read -- I don't know what most of those words mean. Occasionally (watching the news) I will see Hebrew words, an sound them out, and recognize them. For example, "donald trump" -- phonetically, and sort of have the "ah ha" experience knowing what the word is. Or the name of a city, eg, Jerusalem. But it is not helpful at all when listening for what bit I was even able to listen.
I can probably catch it later this evening on YouTube.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by RandomFactor on Thursday April 11 2019, @07:28PM
It was unsuccessful :-(
Sorry guys.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @08:19PM
> While I have learned the Hebrew alphabet, and can sound out written words like a first grader learning to read -- I don't know what most of those words mean.
Very easy. For example, during rocket landings: Oy vey = oh shit.